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SCHOOL  LAWS 


OF  THE 


STATE  OF  WYOMING 


Compiled  by 

J.  O.  CREAGER 

Commissioner  of  Education 

Cheyenne,  Wyoming 


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Wyoming  Labor  Journal  Publishing  Company 
Cheyenne.  Wyoming 


School  Laws  of  Wyoming 


CHAPTER  120. 

GENERAL   PROVISIONS    RELATING   TO   THE   STATE   DEPARTMENT 

OF  EDUCATION. 

General  Supervision  and  Control. 

State  System. 

1.  The  general  supervision  of  public  schools  shall  be  en- 
trusted to  a  State  Department  of  education  at  the  head  of 
which  shall  be  a  State  Board  of  Education  which  shall  admin- 
ister the  State  system  according  to  law  for  the  best  interests 
of  the  people  and  of  the  State,  making  such  rules  and  regula- 
tions as  may  be  necessary  for  the  proper  and  effective  admin- 
istration of  the  same.     The  Commissioner  of  Education  shall 
be  the  executive  officer  of  the  board  with  powers  and  duties 
to  be  denned  by  law.     Provided;  that  nothing  in  this  Act  or 
any  Chapter  thereof  shall  be  construed  to  limit  or  contravene 
the  functions  and  powers  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Wyoming  as  hitherto  established  by  law  in  conform- 
ity with  the  Constitution  of  the  State  of  Wyoming  and  the 
laws  of  the  United  States. 

County. 

2.  Educational  matters  affecting  the  county  shall  be  un- 
der the  supervision  of  a  county  superintendent  of  schools. 

District. 

3.  Educational  matters  affecting  a  school  district  shall  be 
under  the  care  of  a  district  board  of  school  trustees. 


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A 

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State  Board  of  Education.  & 

Appointment. — Terms. — Qualifications. — Meetings. 

4.  The  State  Board  of  Education  shall  be  composed  of 
seven  members  at  least  three  of  whom  shall  be  persons  actively 
engaged  in  educational  work.     The  State  Superintendent  of 
Public  Instruction  shall  be  ex  officio  a  member  of  such  board 
and  shall  have  the  right  to  vote.    The  other  six  members  of  said 
board  shall  be  appointed  from  among  the  citizens  of  the  State 
in  such  a  manner  that  the  different  parts  of  the  State  shall 
be  represented,  and  not  more  than  four  members  of  such  board 
shall  be  from  one  political  party,  and  the  members  shall  hold 
office  from  the  first  of  May  succeeding  their  appointment  for 
a  term  of  six  years,  provided  that  the  length  of  term  of  the 
first  regular  appointees  under  this  section  shall  be  as  follows: 
two  members  shall  be  appointed  for  two  years,  two  for  four 
years,  two  for  six  years,  but  thereafter  the  term  of  each  mem- 
ber shall  be  six  years.    They  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Governor 
and  confirmed  by  the  Senate  and  shall  be  appointed  solely  be- 
cause of  character  and  fitness.    All  members  of  the  board  shall 
be  persons  of  mature  years,  known  for  their  integrity,  culture, 
public  spirit,  business  ability,  and  interest  in  public  education. 
Vacancies  shall  be  filled  by  the  Governor  and  shall  be  for  the 
unexpired  term.     All  members  shall  be  eligible  to  reappoint- 
ment  unless  otherwise  disqualified  by  provisions  of  this  act. 
Members  of  the  board  may  be  removed  by  the  Governor  for 
immorality,  misconduct,  neglect  of  duty,  or  incompetence,  but 
they  shall  be  given  at  least  30  days  notice  in  writing  containing 
a  complete  statement  of  the  charges  and  shall  be  given  the 
opportunity  of  being  heard  in  their  own  defense  in  person 
or  by  counsel.     The  board  shall  meet  semi-annually   on  the 
second  Monday  in  May  and  November.     The  first  meeting  of 
each  year  shall  be  for  the  purpose  of  organization,  at  which  a 
chairman  shall  be  elected,  but  the  Commissioner  of  Education 
shall  act  as  secretary.    Special  meetings  may  be  held  as  often 
as  the  duties  of  the  board  require  and  the  board  shall  meet  at 
the  call  of  the  Governor,  or  the  Superintendent  of  Public  In- 
struction or  the  Commissioner  of  Education  whenever  in  the 
opinion  of  these  officials  an  emergency  exists,  and  the  chairman 
shall  call  meetings  on  the  written  request  of  four  members. 

Expenses. — Appoint  Commissioner. 

5.  Members  of  the  State  Board  of  Education  shall  receive 
no  salary  but  shall  receive  traveling  and  other  necessary  ex- 
penses incurred  in  the  performance  of  their  duties.    The  Com- 
missioner of  Education  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Board  and 
shall  be  its  executive  officer. 


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He  shall  attend  all  meetings  of  the  board  and  its  commit- 
tees, and  shall  have  the  right  to  advise  on  any  question,  but 
shall  have  no  vote. 

Prescribe  Policies. 

6.  The  State  Board  of  Education  shall  prescribe  policies 
of  educational  administration  throughout  the  State,  and  shall 
recommend  rules  and  regulations  for  the  administration  of  the 
public  school  system.    For  the  purpose  of  enforcing  the  school 
laws,  the  board  may  institute  legal  proceedings  in  the  name 
of  the  State  of  Wyoming. 

General  Supervision. 

7.  The  State  Board  of  Education  shall  exercise  through 
the  Commissioner  of  Education  and  his  assistants,  general  con- 
trol and  supervision  over  the  public  schools  and  the  educational 
interests  of  the   State.     They  shall  consult  with  and  advise 
through  their  executive  officer,  boards  of  education,  county  and 
city  superintendents  and  supervisors,  principals,  teachers,  and 
other  school  officers  and  citizens,  and  seek  in  every  way  to 
develop  public  sentiment  in  support  of  progressive  education. 

Course  of  Study. 

8.  The  State  Board  of  Education  shall  prescribe,  with  and 
on  the  advice  of  The  Commissioner  of  Education  standards 
regulating   the   general   course   of   study   for   the   elementary 
and  high  schools,  and  for  any  other  educational  institutions 
which  receive  State  aid,   and  shall  provide  for  the  printing 
and  distribution  of  a  suggestive  State  course  of  study  and  of 
all  other  printed  matter  necessary  to  carry  out  the  provisions 
of  this  act. 

NOTE. — In  accordance  with  Chapter  53,  Session  Laws  1913,  the 
following  branches  must  be  taught  in  the  Public  Schools:  Reading, 
Spelling,  Writing,  United  States  History,  Language  and  Grammar,  Num- 
bers and  Arithmetic,  History  and  Civil  Government  of  Wyoming,  Humane 
Treatment  of  Animals,  Nature  Study  and  Geography,  Physiology  and 
Hygiene  with  special  instruction  on  the  effects  of  alcoholic  drinks  and 
narcotics,  Agriculture. 

Standards. 

9.  The  State  Board  of  Education  shall  provide  through 
its  executive  officer  for  the   grading  and  standardization  of 
elementary  and  high  schools,  and  shall  enumerate  the  minimum 
standards  with  which  schools  receiving  money  from  any  State 
fund  must  comply.    Such  standards  may  include  in  addition  to 
educational  restrictions,  rules  and  regulations  for  the  sanitary 


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and  hygienic  construction  of  school  houses  and  the  location  and 
selection  of  grounds. 

Rules  for  Certification. 

10.  The  State  Board  of  Education  shall  prescribe,  with 
and  on  the  advice  of  the  Commissioner  of  Education,  rules  and 
regulations  for  administering  the  laws  governing  the  certifica- 
tion of  superintendents,  supervisors,  principals,  and  teachers, 
whether  by  examination  in  specified  subjects  or  through  the 
completion  of  courses  in  approved  institutions.     The  Board 
may,  in  its  discretion,  prepare  and  publish  lists  of  approved 
normal  schools,  colleges,  and  universities  and  fix  standards  for 
such  approval. 

Annual  Census. — Forms. 

11.  There  shall  be  an  annual  consus  [census]  of  all  school 
children  in  the  State.    The  State  Board  of  Education  shall,  with 
and  on  the  advice  of  the  Commissioner  of  Education  provide 
for  taking  such  annual  census,  and  shall  prescribe  rules  and 
regulations  and  furnish  forms  and  blanks  for  the  use  of  county 
superintendents,  district  boards,  principals,  teachers,  and  other 
school  officials,  and  shall  require  all  financial  accounts  and  all 
educational  records  to  be  kept  and  reports  made  according 
to  these  forms  and  blanks. 

Biennial  Report. 

12.  The  State  Board  of  Education  shall  report  biennially 
to  the  Governor  and  the  Legislature  a  complete  statement  of 
the  work  of  the  education  department,  including  financial  state- 
ments,  educational  progress,   and  needs   of  the   State  school 
system  and  it  shall  recommend  to  the  Governor  and  the  Legis- 
lature such  legislation  concerning  schools  and  such  appropria- 
tions for  additional  educational  activities  as  it  may  see  fit  and 
as  the  educational  needs  of  the  State  require. 

Investigations. 

13.  The  State  Board  of  Education  and  Commissioner  of 
Education  shall  conduct  investigations  within  and  without  the 
State  regarding  educational  needs  and  progress  and  means  of 
improving  conditions ;  they  may  appoint  special  agents  for  such 
investigations  and  perform  any  additional  duties  required  by 
law. 

Special  Schools. 

14.  The  State  Board  of  Education,  through  its  executive 
officer  and  assistants,  shall  have  general  oversight   of  voca- 
tional or  other  special  schools  receiving  State  aid. 


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Teacher  Training  Institutions. 

15.  The  State  Board  of  Education  shall  advise  with  the 
Board  of  Trustees  of  the  State  University  in  matters  relating  to 
the  course  of  study  in  the  State  Normal  Department  of  the 
State  University.     The  State  Board  of  Education  shall  be  the 
trustees  of  all  other  teacher  training  institutions  which  may 
hereafter  be  established. 

Assume  Duties  of  Board  of  Examiners. 

16.  The  State  Board  of  Education,  through  the  Commis- 
sioner of  Education  and  his  assistants,  shall  assume  the  powers 
and  duties  now  conferred  upon  the  State  Board  of  Examiners. 
They  shall  in  connection  with  such  duties  keep  in  file  informa- 
tion regarding  the  certification,  education,  experience,  and  effi- 
ciency of  teachers,  which  shall  be  at  the  disposal  of  superin- 
tendents and  school  trustees  when  called  for. 

Commissioner  of  Education. 
Qualifications. 

17.  The  Commissioner  of  Education  shall  be  a  person  of 
literary  and  scientific  attainments,  versed  in  the  history,  theory, 
and  principles  of  education,  with  practical  knowledge  of  the 
organization  and  management  of  the  schools.     He  shall  be  a 
graduate  of  a  standard  four  year  college  or  university,  or  have 
an  equivalent  education  and  training,  shall  be  an  experienced 
educator  actively  engaged  in  educational  work  at  the  time  or 
within  two  years  of  the  time  of  his  assuming  the  duties  of  the 
office. 

Duties. — Office.  , 

18.  The  Commissioner  of  Education  shall  devote  his  time, 
attention,   and   energies  to   the  faithful   performance   of  the 
duties  of  his  office  as  prescribed  by  law,  and  shall  be  the  execu- 
tive officer  and  agent  of  the  State  Board  of  Education  and  the 
executive  head  of  the  public  school  system  of  the  State.     He 
shall  have  an  office  in  the  State  capitol  building  and  be  pro- 
vided with  ample  room  and  equipment. 

Duties. 

19.  The  Commissioner  of  Education  shall  execute  the  edu- 
cational policies  of  the  State  Board  of  Education ;  he  shall  pre- 
pare and  publish  such  pamphlets,  bulletins,  etc.  as  shall  stimu- 
late public  interest  in  education  and  inform  the  public  on  the 
educational  policies  of  the  administration;  shall  make  tours 
of  inspection  from  time  to  time  in  the  se^sieral  counties  of  the 
State  for  the  discussion  and  consideration  of  questions  of  public 
education;  shall  foster  professional  growth  and  enthusiasm  in 
teachers  and  school  officers  by  every  means  available ;  and  shall 


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in  person  and  through  his  assistants  examine  the  expenditures 
and  accounts,  the  educational  and  administrative  methods  of 
boards  and  superintendents,  and  advise  with  them  on  all  mat- 
ters pertaining  to  the  management  of  the  school  system. 

Institutes. 

20.  The  Commissioner  of  Education,  subject  to  the  rules 
and  regulations  of  the  State  Board  of  Education,  shall  arrange 
such  conferences,  conventions,  or  institutes  as  the  Board  of 
Education  may  direct  or  as  may  be  provided  by  law. 

Certificates. — Examinations. 

21.  The  Commissioner  of  Education  shall  issue  certificates 
to  superintendents,  supervisors,  principals,  and  teachers,  upon 
the  recommendation  of  the  State  Board  of  Education,  and  shall 
make  such  arrangements  as  to  time,  place  and  manner  of  hold- 
ing such  examinations  as  may  be  necessary  to  carry  out  the 
provisions  of  the  board  and  the  statutes  regarding  such  cer- 
tification. 

Construe  Laws,  Rules  and  Regulations. — Administer  Oaths. 

22.  The  Commissioner  of  Education  shall  explain  the  true 
intent  and  meaning  of  the  school  laws  and  of  the  rules  and  regu- 
lations of  the  State  Board  of  Education  and  shall  decide  with- 
out expense  to  the  parties  concerned  all  controversies  and  dis- 
putes involving  the  administration  of  the  public  school  system 
and  his  decision  shall  hold  until  revoked  by  a  court  of  com- 
petent jurisdiction.  He  shall  have  authority  to  administer  oaths 
and  examine  under  oath  any  witnesses  on  any  matter  pertaining 

vto  public  schools  in  any  part  of  the  State.  He  shall  have  power 
to  endorse  [enforce]  all  provisions  of  this  act  and  of  the  rules 
and  regulations  of  the  State  Board  of  Education. 

Course  of  Study. 

23.  The  Commissioner  of  Education  shall  prepare  or  cause 
to  be  prepared  and  shall  submit  for  approval  and  adoption  by 
the  State  Board  of  Education,  a  suggestive  course  of  study  for 
the  different  grades  and  kinds  of  elementary  and  high  schools 
and  such  other  schools  as  receive  State  funds  or  State  aid.    He 
shall  prepare  for  the  use  and  guidance  of  the  district  boards 
such  regulations  and  suggestions  for  standardizing  and  grading 
schools  and  for  the  hygienic  and  sanitary  building  of  school- 
houses  and  the  selection  of  sites,  as  the  State  Board  may  pre- 
scribe. % 

Chief  of  Certification  Division. — Field  Agents. 

24.  The  Commissioner  of  Education  shall  be  provided  with 
adequate  office  assistance.     There  shall  be    [a]    chief  of  the 


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Certification  Division  who  shall  also  conduct  the  State  Teach- 
ers '  Employment  Bureau.  There  may  be  field  agents  who  shall 
assist  in  the  general  supervisory,  advisory  and  inspectorial 
duties  now  required  ofthe  State  Superintendent,  or  which  shall 
hereafter  be  provided  by  the  State  Board  of  Education.  The 
field  agents  shall  also  be  advisors  and  inspectors  of  high  schools 
and  such  schools  as  receive  State  aid  for  vocational  or  other 
courses  or  for  other  purposes  approved  by  the  State  Board  of 
Education  as  hereinafter  provided. 

Annual  Report. 

25.  The  Commissioner  of  Education  shall  prepare  an  an- 
nual report  of  the  work  of  the  department  of  the  State  Board  of 
Education. 

Print  School  Law. — Forms  and  Reports. 

26.  The  Commissioner  of  Education  shall  have  printed 
and  distributed  the  school  law  and  such  forms  for  and  instruc- 
tions regarding  reports  as  will  enable  school  officers  to  make 
them  out  fully  and  correctly.    He  shall  furnish  all  forms  neces- 
sary to  carry  out  legal  requirements  or  to  furnish  such  data 
as  may  from  time  to  time  be  required  by  the  rules  and  regula- 
tions of  the  Board  of  Education  or  by  the  provisions  of  the 
State  school  law.     He  may  require  of  county  superintendents, 
city  superintendents,  principals,  teachers,  and  school  officers, 
annual  reports  and  such  other  reports  as  he  may  at  any  time 
deem  necessary  or  desirable. 

Reading  Courses. 

27.  The  Commissioner  of  Education  shall  prescribe  and 
publish  annually  courses  of  reading  for  teachers  in  the  elemen- 
tary and  high  schools  and  may  require  certified  statements 
from  teachers  or  take  such  other  methods  as  may  in  his  judg- 
ment seem  necessary  to  assure  himself  that  the  required  read- 
ing has  been  done,  or  he  shall  prescribe  such  other  methods 
of  training  teachers  in  service  as  he  may  deem  necessary  and 
promote  the  same  through  city  and  county  superintendents. 

Teachers'  Bureau. 

28.  The   Commissioner   of  Education   shall   keep   in  his 
office  classified  lists  of  all  teachers  employed  in  the  State,  and 
such  other  teachers  within  or  without  the  State  as  desire  to 
register  with  the  State  Department  of  Education,  with  records 
concerning  the   training,   education,   certification,   experience, 
teaching  success,  and  such  other  facts  as  relate  to  their  ability 
to  -teach  and  as  enable  him  to  furnish  reliable  information  to 
superintendents  and  trustees  who  desire  to  engage  teachers. 


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Assistance  given  to  boards  in  the  employment  of  teachers  and 
to  teachers  in  securing  positions,  shall  be  without  charge. 

iLists  of  Text  Books. 

29.  The  Commissioner  of  Education  shall  publish  lists  of 
approved  textbooks,  together  with  prices,  for  use  in  the  schools 
of  the  State  from  which  superintendents,  teachers,  and  trustees 
may  select  such  books  as  are  most  suitable  for  the  schools  over 
which   they  preside,   provided  that  these  lists  give   sufficient 
latitude  to  enable  school  officers  affected  to  make  such  selection 
as  fit  their  particular  needs,   and  further  provided  that  the 
books  not  included  on  the  lists  may  not  be  adopted  without  the 
approval  of  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,  and 
further  provided  that  no  books  shall  be  included  unless  pub- 
lishers have  complied  with  the  law. 

Contracts  and  Bonds  of  Publishing  Houses. 

30.  The  Commissioner  of  Education  shall  furnish  all  pub- 
lishing houses  selling  books  within  the  State,  contract  forms 
for  their  use  in  entering  into  agreements  with  school  officers 
for  the  purchase  of  books  to  be  used  in  the  public  schools  of 
the  State,  and  he  shall  require  all  such  publishing  houses  to 
file  in  his  office  good  and  sufficient  bond  in  the  sum  of  at  least 
two  thousand  dollars  ($2,000.00)  the  amount  to  be  fixed  and 
the  bond  to  be  approved  by  him  before  such  publishing  houses 
shall  legally  enter  into  contract  with  school  officers  for  the  sale 
of  books.    It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  publishing  house  or  any 
school  officer  to  enter  into  any  contract  in  which  the  above 
provisions   are  not   complied  with,   and  the   State   Board   of 
Education  shall  have  the  power  to  suspend  the  right  of  the 
publishing  houses  so  offending  to  conduct  further  business  in 
the  State  until  the  law  is  complied  with,  and   all  boards  of 
education  in  the   State   shall  be  notified   in   writing   of  such 
suspension. 

Printed  Material. 

31.  The  Commissioner  of  Education  shall  prepare  or  cause 
to  be  prepared  all  reports,  pamphlets,  or  other  printed  material 
of  an  educational  nature  which  shall  be  ordered  or  approved 
by  the  State  Board  of  Education. 

Other  Duties. 

32.  The  Commissioner  of  Education  (shall)  perform  such 
other  duties  as  are,  or  may  be  prescribed  by  law  or  by  the  State 
Board  of  Education. 


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Certification  of  Teachers 

NOTE. — See  Bulletin   No.    l   of  the   State  Board  of  Education,   re- 
lating to  Certification  of  Teachers. 

Certification  Division. 

33.  The  power  to  make  rules  and  regulations  pertaining 
to  the  certification  of  teachers,  excepting  insofar  as  is  herein 
provided  by  statute,  shall  be  vested  in  the  State  Board  of 
Education,  who  shall  create  a  Certification  Division  of  the  State 
Department  of  Education  and  appoint  the  chief  officer  of  this 
division  (who)  shall  be  a  person  of  high  professional  qualifica- 
tions and  of  broad  experience  in  educational  work,  and  shall  be 
held  responsible  for  the  work  of  his  division. 

Duties.— Examinations. — Credentials. 

34.  Provision  shall  be  made  for  two  methods  by  which 
certificates  may  be  obtained,  namely,  through  examination  and 
upon  credentials,  and  these  two  ways  of  obtaining  certificates 
shall  be  made  as  nearly  as  possible  of  equivalent  standards.    All 
forms  of  certificates  shall  be  issued  from  the  office  of  the  Com- 
missioner   of   Education,    upon   the    recommendation    of   this 
Division,  and  a  register  of  these  certificates  shall  be  kept  on 
file  at  this  office.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Certification 
Division  to   prepare   and  recommend   to   the   State  Board   of 
Education  a  list  of  approved  institutions  whose  graduates  may 
receive  certificates  without  examination.     The  Division  shall 
also  provide  fo^  the  recognition  of  certificates  granted  in  other 
States.    All  certificates  shall  be  State  certificates  and  valid  in 
all  counties  of  the  State,  subject  to  registration,  as  provided 
by  law.    Examinations  shall  be  uniform  as  to  lists  of  questions, 
dates  of  holding,  and  rules  and  regulations  governing  these 
matters  in  the  various  counties.    The  county  superintendent  of 
schools  shall  cooperate  with  the  Certification  Division  in  ad- 
ministering all  examinations,  reporting  grades,  and  distributing 
certificates  in  their  respective  counties. 

Examinations . — Applications . — Fee. 

35.  The  Certification  Division  shall  determine  the  number 
of  examinations  to  be  given  each  year,  and  publish  announce- 
ments for  the  year  at  least  six  months  in  advance  of  the  date 
of  the  first  examination  to  be  given  during  the  year,  but  the 
Certification  Division  may  provide  for  examinations  whenever 
deemed  advisable.    Certificates  granted  on  credentials  may  be 
applied  for  at  any  time,  such  application  to  be  made  through 
the  office  of  the  county  superintendent  of  schools  in  accordance 
with  such  rules  as  the  State  Department  may  prescribe.    Every 


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applicant  for  a  certificate  to  be  granted  upon  examination, 
credentials,  or  renewal,  shall  pay  such,  reasonable  fee,  as  may 
be  prescribed  by  the  State  Board  of  Education. 

Classes  of  Certificates. 

36.  The  State  Board  of  Education  through  its  Certifica- 
tion Division  shall  provide  for  the  following  classes  of  certifi- 
cates:     (1)    Elementary   City   School   Certificates;    (2)    Rural 
School  Certificates;  (3)  High  School  Certificates;  (4)  Admin- 
istrative Certificates;  (5)  Special  Certificates. 

Certificates  Registered  in  County. 

37.  All  certificates  must  annually  be  registered  at  the  of- 
fice of  the   county  superintendent   of  schools  in  the   county 
wherein  the  holder  shall  intend  to  teach  the  ensuing  year.    Be- 
fore such  certificate  can  be  registered  the  holder  of  each  must 
furnish  satisfactory  evidence  of  having  complied  with  the  rules 
and  regulations  of  the  State  Board  of  Education  with  refer- 
ence to  professional  study.     Failure  to  comply  with  the  regis- 
tration law  shall  invalidate  the  holder's  certificate,  and  such 
person  shall  not  be  entitled  to  receive  pay  for  teaching,  pro- 
vided, that  exception  to  this  regulation  may  be  permitted  by 
the   State  Board  of  Education  upon  the  written  application 
of  a  district  board. 

Certificates  Revoked. 

38.  The  State  Board  of  Education  through  the  Certifica- 
tion Division  shall  have  power  to  revoke  a  teacher's  certificate 
upon   evidence   of  gross   neglect   of   duty,   incompetency,   im- 
morality, or  other  reprehensible  conduct.    Such  evidence  must 
be  presented  in  written  charges  and  no  certificate  shall  be  re- 
voked without  a  personal  hearing  unless  the  holder  thereof 
shall  refuse  or  fail  to  appear  for  such  hearing. 

Salaries. 

,  39.  The  Commissioner  of  Eduation  [Education]  shall  re- 
ceive an  annual  salary  of  Three  Thousand  Dollars  ($3,000.00). 
The  chief  of  the  Certification  Division  shall  receive  an  annual 
salary  of  Two  Thousand  Dollars  ($2,000.00). 

Appropriation. 

40.  There  is  also  appropriated  out  of  any  money  in  the 
State  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated  the  sum  of  Twenty- 
six  Thousand  Dollars  ($26,000.00)  or  as  much  thereof  as  may 
be  necessary,  to  pay  the  salary  of  the  Commissioner  of  Educa- 
tion and  the  salary  of  the  chief  of  the  Certification  Division, 
and  for  such  other  assistants  and  contingent  expenses  of  the 


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State  Board  of  Education  for  the  succeeding  two  (2)  years  as 
the  duties  thereof  may  require. 

41 .  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  with  or  contrary 
to  the  provisions  of  this  act  are  hereby  repealed. 

42.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  passage. 

Approved  February  21,  1917. 

CHAPTER  123. 
HIGH    SCHOOL    NORMAL    TRAINING    DEPARTMENTS. 

In  Accredited  Schools. — Subjects  to  be  Taught. 

Sec.  1.  The  board  of  trustees  of  High  Schools  of  the 
State  accredited  by  the  State  Board  of  Examiners,  are  hereby 
authorized  to  establish  Normal  Training  Departments  in  such 
High  Schools,  in  which  shall  be  taught  elementary  psychology, 
rural  school  management,  rural  school  methods,  primary  meth- 
ods, arithmetic,  language,  geography,  history,  civics,  physi- 
ology, music,  drawing  and  agriculture  and  in  which  at  least 
one  hour  each  day  shall  be  devoted  to  practice  work  under  the 
guidance  of  a  regularly  employed  teacher,  who  shall  have  com- 
pleted the  traning  course  of  a  regular  Normal  School.  The 
course  of  studies  for  such  High  School  Normal  Department 
shall  cover  a  semester's  work  and  graduation  therefrom  shall 
require  one  year's  work  of  nine  months. 

Admission. — Certificates. 

Sec.  2.  Pupils  who  have  completed  three  full  years'  work 
in  an  accredited  High  School  of  the  State,  or  who  hold  a  third 
grade  certificate,  shall  be  admitted  to  said  Normal  Department, 
and  upon  completing  one  year 's  course  therein  shall  be  entitled 
to  receive  a  teacher's  certificate,  to  be  known  as  a  State  Normal 
Training  Department  Certificate,  which  shall  be  valid- for  one 
year,  and  shall  entitle  the  holder  to  teach  in  rural  schools  only 
upon  passing  the  regular  teachers '  examination  in  rhetoric  and 
theory  and  practice,  and  securing  no  less  than  80%  in  each 
subject,  a  holder  of  this  certificate  shall  be  issued  a  regular 
second  grade  certificate.  Pupils  who  have  completed  a  full 
four  years '  course  in  an  accredited  High  School  before  entering 
this  Department  shall,  upon  completing  one  year's  work  there- 
in, be  issued  a  teacher's  certificate  entitled  an  "Advanced  State 
Normal  Training  Department  Certificate,"  which  shall  be  valid 
for  two  years  and  subject  to  renewal  under  the  regulations 
for  renewing  other  certificates.  The  holder  of  this  certificate 
shall  be  issued  a  first  grade  State  certificate  under  the  same 


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conditions  that  the  holder  of  a  regular  second  grade  certificate 
is  issued  a  first  grade  certificate.  When  the  holder  of  an  Ad- 
vanced State  Normal  Training  Department  Certificate  shall 
have  taught  one  year  he  or  she' shall  be  given  one  year's  credit 
in  the  regular  work  of  the  Normal  Schools  of  the  State. 

Equipment.— Teachers. 

Sec.  3.  Boards  of  Trustees  of  High  Schools  establishing 
Normal  Training  Departments,  as  herein  provided,  shall  furnish 
books  4nd  apparatus  sufficient  for  said  department  of  the  class 
designated  by  the  State  Board  of  Teachers  Examiners,  and  shall 
employ  teachers  for  said  department  who  have  been  specially 
trained  for  the  instruction  of  teachers  for  rural  schools.  On 
and  after  August  31,  1919,  any  teacher  now  in  the  work  must 
have  had  full  four  year  course  in  a  university  or  college  with 
special  professional  training. 

Tax  Levy. 

Sec.  4.  Any  board  of  trustees  of  an  accredited  High 
School  of  the  State  desiring  to  establish  a  Normal  Training 
Department  therein  shall  so  declare  by  formal  resolution  and 
shall  cause  the  clerk  of  said  board  to  transmit  a  certified  copy 
of  said  resolution  to  the  State  Board  of  Equalization,  on  or  be- 
fore the  1st  day  of  July  thereafter,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
the  State  Board  of  Equalization  to  provide  for  the  levy  of  a 
special  tax  of  one-eighth  of  one  mill,  or  so  much  thereof  as 
may  be  necessary  to  provide  all  accredited  High  Schools  of 
the  State  wherein  Normal  Departments  have  been  established 
and  so  certified,  with  the  sum  of  One  Thousand  Dollars  ($1,- 
000.00)  annually,  said  tax  to  be  levied  upon  each  and  every 
dollar  of  the  assessed  valuation  of  the  State  and  collected  and 
paid  to  the  State  Treasurer  in  the  manner  provided  by  law  for 
the  collection  and  payment  of  other  State  taxes.  The  sum  of 
One  Thousand  Dollars  ($1,000.00)  shall  be  payable  from  said 
tax  fund  to  the  treasurers  of  the  boards  of  such  accredited 
High  Schools  wherein  Normal  Departments  have  been  so  estab- 
lished and  certified,  upon  a  warrant  of  the  State  Auditor  to  be 
issued  upon  the  voucher  of  such  treasurer,  and  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  to  coun- 
tersign the  voucher.  Such  fund  to  be  used  solely  for  the  pay- 
ment of  teacher's  salary. 

Room. 

Sec.  5.  Boards  of  trustees  governing  accredited  four- 
year  High  Schools  of  the  State,  wherein  Normal  Departments 
have  been  established,  are  hereby  required  to  provide  a  room 
for  the  use  of  said  Normal  or  Training  Department,  and  such 


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room  shall  be  used  solely  for  the  use  of  said  Normal  Training 
Department. 

Sec.  6.  This  Act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  passage. 

Approved  February  21,  1917. 

CHAPTER  99. 

ACCEPTANCE  OF  TERMS  OF  FEDERAL  VOCATIONAL 
EDUCATION  ACT. 

Acceptance. 

Sec.  1.  That  the  State  of  Wyoming  does  hereby  accept 
the  provisions  of  an  act  of  the  Congress  of  the  United  States 
of  America  entitled  "An  act  to  provide  for  the  promotion  of 
vocational  education;  to  provide  for  cooperation  with  the 
States  in  the  promotion  of  such  education  in  agriculture  and 
the  trades  and  industries ;  to  provide  for  cooperation  with  the 
States  in  the  preparation  of  teachers  of  vocational  subjects;  and 
to  appropriate  money  and  regulate  its  expenditure",  and  will 
observe  and  comply  with  all  the  requirements  of  said  act. 

State  Board. 

Sec.  2.  That  the  State  Board  of  Education  is  hereby 
designated  as  the  State  Board  for  the  purposes  of  the  said 
act  arid  is  hereby  given  all  necessary  power  to  cooperate  with 
the  Federal  Board  of  Vocational  Education  in  the  administra- 
tion of  the  provisions  of  the  act. 

State  Treasurer  Custodian  of  Funds. 

Sec.  3.  That  the  State  Treasurer  is  appointed  custodian 
of  funds  allotted  by  Federal  Act  to  the  State  of  Wyoming  for 
the  promotion  of  vocational  education,  and  he  shall  provide 
for  the  proper  custody  and  disbursement  of  such  funds  on 
the  requisition  of  the  State  Board  of  Education. 

Appropriation. 

Sec.  4.  That  there  is  hereby  appropriated  for  the  pur- 
poses of  this  Act  from  the  General  fund  out  of  any  moneys 
not  otherwise  appropriated  Three  Thousand  ($3,000.00)  Dollars 
annually. 

Sec.  5.  That  all  Acts  and  parts  of  Acts  in  conflict  with 
the  provisions  of  this  Act  are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  6.  This  Act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  passage. 

Approved  Febrary  20,  1917. 


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CHAPTER  18. 
FIRE-ESCAPES. 

Buildings  to  be  Equipped. 

Sec.  1.  Every  building  now  or  hereafter  used,  in  whole 
or  in  part,  as  a  public  building,  public  or  private  institution, 
office  building,  lyceum,  church,  school  house,  theatre,  public 
hall,  place  of  assemblage  or  place  of  public  resort,  and  every 
hotel,  apartment  house,  boarding  house,  tenement  house,  factory 
or  workshop,  three  or  more  stories  in  height,  shall  be  provided 
with  safe  and  suitable  metallic,  tunnel [,]  iron  or  fire-proof 
ladders  or  stair  fire-escapes  with  guard  rail  of  sufficient 
strength,  attached  to  the  outside  walls  thereof  and  extending 
from  or  suitably  near  the  ground  to  the  uppermost  story  there- 
of, with  platforms  not  less  than  6x3  feet  and  of  such  shape  and 
size  and  in  such  proximity  to  the  windows  of  each  story  above 
the  first,  as  to  render  access  to  such  ladders  or  stairs  from 
each  such  story  easy  and  safe  to  the  occupants  of  such  buildings 
in  case  of  fire;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  proprietor, 
custodian,  superintendent  or  person  or  persons  having  charge 
and  control  of  such  public  buildings  mentioned  and  described 
herein,  to  post  notices  in  every  hall,  and  in  a  public  and  con- 
spicuous place  in  such  building,  designating  the  places  on  each 
and  every  floor  of  such  building  where  such  fire-escapes  are 
located  and  may  be  found. 

Means  of  Exit. — Doors. 

Sec.  2.  Every  building  now  or  hereafter  used,  in  whole 
or  in  part,  as  a  public  building,  public  or  private  institution, 
office  building,  lyceum,  church,  school  house,  theatre,  picture 
show  house,  public  hall,  place  of  assemblage  or  place  of  public 
resort,  and  every  hotel,  apartment  house,  boarding  house  or 
tenement  house,  two  stories  or  less  in  height,  having  twelve 
(12)  or  more  rooms  shall  be  provided  with  at  least  two  stair- 
ways, hallways  or  means  of  exit  or  escape  from  each  story  in 
case  of  fire. 

In  addition  to  the  above  mentioned  and  described  stair- 
ways and  hallways  or  means  of  exit,  all  doors  to  every  public 
hall,  lyceum,  theatre,  picture  show  house,  or  other  place  of 
amusement,  which  is  thrown  open  to  and  used  for  the  profit 
of  the  owner  or  proprietor  or  owners  or  proprietors  by  public 
assemblies  in  the  State  of  Wyoming,  shall  not  be  less  than 
three  feet  in  width,  and  shall  swing  or  open  out  of  and  not 
into  said  public  hall,  lyceum,  theatre,  picture  show  house,  or 
other  place  of  amusement. 


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Factories,  Offices,  Etc.,  to  be  Equipped. 

Sec.  3.  Every  building  now  or  hereafter  used,  in  whole 
or  in  part,  as  a  factory,  mill,  workshop,  garage,  office,  bakery, 
laundry,  store,  and  any  other  building  or  "buildings  in  which 
people  are  employed  at  manual  or  other  labor,  shall  be  pro- 
vided with  proper  and  sufficient  means  of  escape  in  case  of 
fire,  by  two  or  more  ways  of  egress,  and  all  doors  leading  into 
or  to  such  factory,  mill,  workshop,  garage,  office,  bakery, 
laundry,  store,  and  any  other  building  or  buildings  in  which 
people  are  employed  at  manual  or  other  labor,  shall  not  be 
locked,  bolted  or  fastened  during  working  hours  as  to  prevent 
free  and  easy  access  therefrom. 

Exits  Unobstructed. — Stairways. 

Sec.  4.  All  such  metallic,  iron  or  fire-proof  ladders  or  stair 
fire-escapes,  stairways,  hallways  or  means  of  egress,  mentioned 
or  described  in  this  Act,  shall  at  all  times  be  kept  free  from  any 
obstruction;  in  good  repair  and  ready  for  use;  and  at  night, 
or  where  lights  are  necessary  in  the  daytime,  a  red  light  shall 
be  provided  with  the  words  inscribed  thereon  "FIRE- 
ESCAPE."  Provided  that  on  all  hotel,  theatre,  school  and  hos- 
pital buildings,  two  or  more  stories  in  height,  said  stairways 
shall  extend  from  each  floor  of  said  building  to  the  ground  and 
shall  not  be  less  than  three  (3)  feet  wide,  the  r[a]isers  of  said 
stairs  shall  not  be  greater  than  eight  (8)  inches,  and  the  treads 
not  less  than  ten  (10)  inches  wide;  and  the  platform  not  less 
than  three  (3)  feet  wide,  and  in  all  cases  the  full  width  of  the 
stairs.  All  such  stairs  shall  have  proper  guard  rails  not  less 
than  twenty-eight  (28)  inches  high.  Where  tubing  is  used  for 
guard  rails  they  shall  be  not  more  than  ten  (10)  inches  apart; 
and  where  balusters  are  used  they  shall  be  not  more  than  six 
(6)  inches  apart. 

Applicable  to  Schools. 

Sec.  5.  The  provisions  of  this  chapter  are  hereby  made 
applicable  to  the  trustees  of  all  universities  and  school  districts 
in  this  state,  operating  under  the  general  school  law  of  this 
state. 

Penalty. 

Sec.  6.  Every  person,  firm  or  corporation,  or  his  or  its 
agents,  officers,  directors  or  trustees,  owning  or  having  the 
management  or  control  of  any  such  buildings  or  structures 
herein  mentioned  or  described,  who  shall  fail,  neglect  or  refuse 
to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  Act  not  later  than  October 
first,  nineteen  hundred  seventeen,  (October  1,  1917)  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  on  conviction  thereof  shall 


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be  punishable  by  imprisonment  in  the  county  jail  for  not  less 
than  three,  nor  more  than  six  months,  or  by  a  fine  of  not  less 
than  One  Hundred  Dollars  ($100.00)  nor  more  than  Five  Hun- 
dred Dollars  ($500.00)  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 
Each  month  or  fraction  thereof  in  which  any  building  desig- 
nated in  this  Act  shall  remain  in  violation  thereof  shall  con- 
stitute a  separate  offense. 

Additional  Requirements. 

Sec.  7.  Any  incorporated  city  or  town  may  by  ordinance 
make  additional  requirements  relative  to  fire-escapes  or  exits. 

Sec.  8.  This  Act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  passage. 

Approved  February  10,  1917. 

*       CHAPTER  31. 

MONTHLY    PAYMENT    BY    COUNTY    TREASURER    OF    MUNICIPAL, 
DISTRICT,  AND  LIBRARY  FUNDS. 

Sec.  1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  county  treasurer  of 
each  county  to  keep  an  accurate  record  of  all  funds  in  his 
hands  and  due  to  the  respective  cities,  towns,  school  districts 
and  county  libraries  within  the  county;  and  on  the  first  day 
of  each  month  he  shall  pay  over  to  the  treasurer  of  each  city, 
town,  school  district  and  county  libraries  all  funds  there- 
tofore collected  by  him  for  the  benefit  of  the  respective  city, 
town,  school  district  or  county  libraries. 

Sec.  2.  Section  7  of  Chapter  85  of  the  Session  Laws  of 
1913  is  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  passage. 

Approved  February  13,  1917. 

CHAPTER  59. 
NON-PARTISAN  ELECTION  OF  COUNTY  SUPERINTENDENTS. 

Sec.  1.  The  County  Superintendent  of  Schools  shall  here- 
after be  nominated  and  elected  regardless  of  political  affilia- 
tions. 

Petition  and  Affidavit. — Fee. 

Sec.  2.  Any  person  desiring  to  become  a  candidate  for 
County  Superintendent  of  Schools  may,  within  not  more  than 
sixty  nor  less  than  twenty  days  preceding  a  primary  election, 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING  19 

file  with  the  County  Clerk  of  the  county  in  which  such  person 
resides,  a  statement  in  substantially  the  following  form,  to- 

wit : 

"Petition  and  Affidavit  of 

Candidate  for  County  Superintendent  of  Schools 

State    of    Wyoming,   ) 

County  of ] 

I, ,  being  first  duly  sworn, 

say  that  I  reside  at ,  in  the  city  of , 

in  the  County  of in  the  State  of  Wyoming;  that 

I  am  a  qualified  voter  of  said  state  and  said  county ;  that  I  am 
eligible  to  be  elected  to  the  office  to  which  I  aspire;  that  I  am 
a  candidate  for  the  nomination  for  the  office  of  county  super- 
intendent of  schools  to  be  voted  upon  at  the  primary  election 

to  be  held  on  the day  of 19 ;  that  I 

hereby  request  that  my  name  be  printed  upon  the  official  ballot 
for  the  nomination  at  such  primary  election  for  the  office  of 
county  superintendent  of  schools. 


Subscribed  and  sworn  to  before  me  by  the  said 

this__  __day  of ,.A.  D.,  19 ["] 

Such  petition  and  affidavit  shall  be  accompanied  by  a  fee 
of  Ten  Dollars  ($10.00),  to  be  paid  into  the  county  treasury 
of  said  county,  and  no  further  requisite  shall  be  necessary  for 
such  person  to  have  his  name  printed  on  the  non-partisan  pri- 
mary "ballot.  ["] 

Ballots. 

"Sec.  3.  Notwithstanding  any  more  general  law  respect- 
ing primary  elections  in  force  in  the  state,  the  official  ballot 
to  be  prepared  and  used  at  such  primary,  when  relating  to 
county  superintendent  of  schools  or  other  non-partisan  officers, 
shall  simply  place  the  names  of  all  candidates  for  judicial  offices 
and  county  superintendent  of  schools  upon  the  primary  ballot 
without  any  political  designation ;  the  names  to  be  arranged  as 
hereinafter  stated,  the  said  ballot  to  be  a  separate  ballot  from 
the  party  ballots  used  at  the  primary  election,  and  said  non- 
partisan  ballots  to  have  separate  columns  for  judicial  offices 
and  for  county  superintendent  of  schools ;  the  heading  of  the 
column  to  indicate  whether  the  column  is  for  the  school  officers 
mentioned  or  for  judicial  officers.  The  form  of  such  ballot 
shall  be  the  same  as  prescribed  for  non-partisan  election  of 
judges,  in  Section  3  of  Chapter  74  of  the  Session  Laws  of  1915, 
and  the  names  of  said  nominees  for  the  said  school  offices  shall 


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be  arranged  the  same  as  provided  in  said  Section  3  of  Chapter 
74  of  the  Session  Laws  of  1915,  for  the  arrangement  of  names 
for  the  judicial  offices." 

Voters  Not  Required  to  Declare  Party  Affiliation. 

"Sec.  4.  At  said  primary  election  for  county  superin- 
tendent of  schools  or  for  judicial  officers,  any  qualified  elector 
of  the  precinct  shall  be  permitted  to  vote  for  the  nomination 
of  non-partisan  officers  without  being  required  to  state  any 
party  affiliation,  and  the  provisions  of  Chapter  23  of  the  Ses- 
sion Laws  of  1911  and  any  and  all  amendments  thereto  that  re- 
quire an  elector  to  state  his  party  affiliation  when  voting  at 
a  primary,  shall  not  apply  to  those  electors  who  vote  only  the 
non-partisan  ballot. 

Any  elector  offering  to  vote  at  such  primary  election  for 
non-partisan  officers  only  shall,  unless  he  has  been  recorded 
as  voting  at  the  last  preceding  general  primary  election,  be 
required  to  take  the  oath  contained  in  Section  4  of  Chapter 
128  of  the  Session  Laws  of  1913.  And  any  such  elector  offering 
to  vote  for  non-partisan  officers  only  and  not  offering  to  vote 
a  party  ticket,  shall  be  registered  by  the  judges  of  election 
in  the  poll  book  under  a  separate  column  headed  "Non-Par- 
tisan. ' ' 

The  method  of  voting  and  of  accounting  and  certifying  the 
returns  shall  in  all  respects  be  governed  by  the  provisions  of 
Chapter  74  of  the  Session  Laws  of  1915  relative  to  the  nomi- 
nation of  non-partisan  judges,  except  insofar  as  the  same  may 
be  modified  or  changed  by  this  Act." 

Ballots  for  General  Election. 

"Sec.  5.  After  said  primary  election  held  as  aforesaid, 
the  county  clerk  or  other  official  whose  duty  it  is  to  prepare 
the  official  ballot  for  the  general  election  to  be  held  in  this 
state,  shall  prepare  a  separate  ballot  similar  and  substantially 
in  the  same  general  form,  and  the  names  rotated  on  said  ballot 
as  herein  provided  for  the  nomination  of  said  school  officers 
at  the  primary  election,  and  as  provided  in  Chapter  74,  Session 
Laws  of  1915  for  the  nomination  of  judicial  officers;  and  the 
two  candidates  receiving  the  highest  number  of  votes  at  the 
primary  election  for  each  of  said  offices  shall  be  entitled  to 
have  their  names  printed  on  the  official  non-partisan  ballot  at 
the  general  election.  Said  ballot  for  non-partisan  officers  may 
contain  judicial  officers  and  the  same  school  officers,  arranged, 
however,  in  separate  columns,  but  such  non-partisan  ballot 
shall  be  separate  from  the  regular  ballot  used  at  such  election 
and  shall  be  deposited  in  a  separate  ballot  box,  the  same  as  in 


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voting  upon  constitutional  amendments.  The  candidate  receiv- 
ing the  highest  number  of  votes  at  said  general  election  shall 
be  declared  duly  elected  to  the  office  for  which  said  person  was 
a  candidate.  In  all  other  respects  the  procedure  for  the  nomi- 
nation and  election  to  the  offices  herein  referred  to  shall  be 
regulated  by  the  provisions  of  the  statutes  relating  to  primary 
and  general  elections  in  force  in  this  state  so  far  as  they  are 
applicable." 

Sec.  6.  All  Acts  and  parts  of  Acts  in  conflict  with  the 
provisions  of  this  Act  are  hereby  expressly  repealed  and  Chap- 
ter 74  Sessions  Laws  of  1915  is  hereby  modified  to  conform  to 
the  provisions  of  this  Act. 

Sec.  7.  This  Act  shall  be  in  force  and  effect  from  and 
after  its  passage. 

Approved  February  17,  1917. 

Uniforms  for  School  Cadets. 

Sec.  67.  The  sum  of  Thirty-four  Hundred  Dollars,  or  so 
much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  is  hereby  appropriated  out 
of  any  funds  in  the  State  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated, 
for  the  purchase  of  uniforms  for  the  members  of  all  public 
school,  cadet  organizations  in  the  State,  which  adopt  military 
setting-up  exercises,  drill  and  calesthenics  and  conduct  the 
same  according  to  requirements,  rules  and  regulations  laid 
down  by  the  State  Adjutant  General.  Such  uniforms  shall  be 
chosen,  purchased,  distributed  and  used  in  accordance  with  the 
directions  of  the  Adjutant  General,  and  this  appropriation  shall 
be  expended  under  directions  of  the  Adjutant  General  by 
vouchers  rendered  in  the  regular  form  to  the  State  Auditor  and 
approved  by  the  Adjutant  General. 

CHAPTER  73. 
HIGH  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS  MAJ  ACCEPT  GIFTS. 

Sec.  1.  High  school  districts  within  the  State  of  Wyo- 
ming organized  as  provided  in  Chapter  142,  "Wyoming  Com- 
piled Statutes  of  1910,  are  hereby  authorized  to  receive  any 
and  all  property  that  may  be  donated,  devised,  bequeathed  or 
given,  for  educational  purposes  in  this  state,  or  for  any  of  the 
purposes  for  which  said  high  schools  are  organized  as  provided 
in  said  Chapter  142  or  any  and  all  amendments  thereto,  and 
may  apply  said  devices,  bequests,  gifts  or  donations  to  the  pur- 
poses and  for  the  objects  for  which  they  may  be  so  devised, 
bequeathed,  given  or  donated. 

Sec.  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  passage. 

Approved  February  19,  1917. 


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Distribution  of  School  Funds. 

Sec.  135.  On  or  before  the  31st  day  of  March  in  every 
year,  if  there  shall  be  any  money  to  the  credit  of  the  income 
fund,  for  the  use  of  public  schools,  in  the  state  treasury, 
including  the  rents  of  the  unsold  school  lands,  the  state  su- 
perintendent of  public  instruction  shall  distribute  such  income 
among  the  several  counties  of  the  state  according  to  the  num- 
ber of  children  of  school  age  in  each,  the  same  to  be  determined 
by  reference  to  the  last  preceding  annual  reports  furnished 
to  the  state  superintendent  of  public  instruction  by  the  several 
county  superintendents  of  schools.  Such  moneys  so  distributed 
shall  be  paid  to  the  county  treasurer  of  each  county  by  the 
state  treasurer,  upon  the  requisition  to  that  effect  by  the  state 
superintendent  of  public  instruction,  which  said  requisition 
shall  state  the  county  entitled  thereto,  together  with  the 
amount,  and  the  fund  out  of  which  it  is  paid;  and  the  super- 
intendent of  public  instruction  shall  at  the  same  time  notify 
each  superintendent  of  schools  that  such  distribution  has  been 
made;  such  requisition  shall  be  accompanied  by  a  warrant 
of  the  auditor  upon  the  treasurer  covering  the  amount  of 
the  requisition  in  each  case,  and  the  superintendent  of  public 
instruction  shall  file  such  requisition  with  the  auditor  and  a 
copy  of  the  same  with  the  treasurer.  Upon  such  distribution 
being  made  and  said  money  being  paid  to  the  respective  county 
treasurers,  the  county  superintendent  of  schools  in  each  county 
shall  cause  such  money  to  be  distributed  among  the  several 
school  districts  in  the  county  pro  rata  in  the  same  manner  and 
in  the  same  proportion  as  the  regular  county  school  tax  is  re- 
quired by  law  to  be  distributed.  Provided,  however,  That  any 
law  with  reference  to  the  distribution  of  the  county  school 
tax  which  provides  for  a  certain  amount  to  be  paid  to  each 
school  district  before  the  pro  rata  distribution  of  the  balance 
is  made  shall  not  apply  in  the  case  of  the  distribution  of  said 
money;  Provided,  further,  That  no  apportionment  from  said 
state  fund  shall  be  made  to  any  school  district  for  a  year  in 
which  a  school  has  not  been  maintained  therein  for  at  least 
three  months.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  53,  Sec.  1 ;  R.  S.  1899,  Sec.  93.] 

Board  of  Trustees. 

Sec.  413.  The  government  of  the  university  shall  vest  in 
a  board  of  nine  trustees  to  be  appointed  by  the  governor, 
three,  and  only  three,  of -whom  shall  at  all  times  be  residents 
of  the  county  of  Albany,  together  with  the  president  of  the 
university  and  the  state  superintendent  of  public  instruction, 
as  members  ex-officio,  as  such  having  the  right  to  speak,  but 
not  to  vote.  [S.  L.  1890-91,  Ch.  75,  Sec.  3.] 


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Board — Who  Members. 

Sec.  436.  The  governor,  the  secretary  of  state,  the  state 
treasurer,  the  state  auditor  and  the  state  superintendent  of 
public  instruction  shall  constitute  and  shall  hereafter  be  known 
as  the  state  board  of  charities  and  reform.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  34, 
Sec.  1.] 

Secretary  of  Board. 

Sec.  443.  The  superintendent  of  public  instruction  shall 
be  secretary  of  the  board,  and  shall  keep  a  careful  record  of 
the  transactions  of  the  board  in  a  substantial  and  bound  book, 
to  be  kept  for  that  purpose,  and  which  shall  be  known  as  the 
records  and  proceedings  of  the  state  board  of  charities  and 
reform ;  he  shall  countersign  all  papers,  instruments,  or  docu- 
ments approved,  made,  or  directed  by  the  board ;  he  shall  also, 
for  the  board  and  under  its  direction,  make  a  biennial  report 
to  the  governor,  during  the  month  of  December  in  each  even 
numbered  year,  showing  clearly  and  succinctly  the  condition  of 
all  institutions  under  the  control  or  supervision  of  said  board, 
whether  general  or  direct,  giving  the  number  of  inmates  there- 
in, their  ages,  sex,  condition,  religious  belief,  conduct,  and 
all  other  matters  pertaining  thereto,  and  such  report  shall  also 
contain  such  recommendations  as  the  board  may  see  fit  to 
make  to  the  governor,  or  the  legislature,  as  shall  tend  to  ameli- 
orate the  condition  of  the  inmates  of  such  institutions,  that 
may  tend  to  prevent  crime,  and  as  the  claims  of  humanity  and 
the  public  good  may  require.  [S.  L.  1903,  Ch.  5,  Sec.  1.] 

School  Land  Board. 

Sec.  602.  The  governor,  secretary  of  state,  state  treas- 
urer and  superintendent  of  public  instruction,  being  consti- 
tuted a  board  of  land  commissioners  by  the  provisions  of  sec- 
tion thirteen,  article  seven,  of  the  constitution  of  the  state, 
they  shall,  as  such  board,  have  the  direction,  control,  lease  and 
disposal  of  all  lands  heretofore  or  hereafter  granted  to  the 
state  for  tHe  support  and  benefit  of  public  schools.  Said  board 
shall  be  officially  known  and  designated  as  "the  state  board  of 
school  land  commissioners,"  and  shall  have  power  and  au- 
thority to  take  such  official  action,  as  may  be  at  any  time  neces- 
sary, in  making  the  selection  of  lands  granted  to  the  state  for 
public  school  purposes,  or  to  secure  to  the  state  the  transfer 
and  title  of  any  such  lands.  [S.  L.  1903,  Qi.  78,  Sec.  1.] 

COUNTY  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  SCHOOLS. 

Sessions  Laws,  1913.    Chapter  40. 

Sec.  1.  Must  Hold  Teachers'  Certificate.  No  county  su- 
perintendent of  schools  shall  receive  compensation  out  of  any 


24  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

public  fund  for  his  services  as  county  superintendent  of  schools 
until  he  has  filed  with  the  board  of  county  commissioners  a 
Wyoming  teachers'  certificate  of  as  high  a  rank  as  first  class, 
in  full  force  and  effect;  and  the  said  county  superintendent  of 
schools  shall  be  required  to  have  such  certificate  in  full  force 
and  effect  during  his  term  of  office  to  entitle  him  to  compensa- 
tion out  of  public  funds. 

Sec.  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  passage. 

Oath  and  Bond— Prohibited  from  Teaching. 

Sec.  1296.  There  shall  be  in  each  organized  county  a  su- 
perintendent of  public  schools,  who  shall,  before  entering  upon 
the  duties  of  his  office,  take  the  oath  prescribed  by  the  constitu- 
tion and  give  bond  to  the  state  of  Wyoming  in  the  penal  sum 
of  five  hundred  dollars  for  the  faithful  performance  of  all 
duties  required  of  him  by  law  as  such  superintendent,  to  be 
approved  by  the  board  of  county  commissioners,  and  together 
with  his  certificate  of  election  and  oath,  filed  in  the  county 
clerk 's  office ;  Provided,  That  no  person  shall  at  the  same  time 
hold  the  positions  of  county  superintendent  of  public  schools 
and  teacher  in  any  public  school  in  his  or  her  county.  [R.  S. 
1887,  Sec.  1898.] 

Salary. 

Sec.  1297.  County  superintendents  of  schools  shall  re- 
ceive the  following  annual  salaries:  In  counties  of  the  first 
class  nine  hundred  dollars,  in  counties  of  the  second  class  seven 
hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  in  counties  of  the  third  class  six 
hundred  dollars,  and  in  counties  of  the  fourth  class  five  hun- 
dred dollars,  together  with  their  actual  and  necessary  traveling 
expenses,  while  engaged  in  the  discharge  of  their  official  duties, 
the  account  for  which  expenses,  before  being  allowed,  shall  be 
stated  in  separate  items,  accompanied  by  vouchers,  or  receipts, 
for  all  items  amounting  to  five  dollars  or  more,  and  otherwise 
made  conformable  to  the  law.  [S.  L.  1901,  Ch.  18.]  * 

Duties. 

Sec.  1298.  The  duties  of  the  county  superintendent  shall 
be  as  follows:  He  shall  on  or  before  the  fourth  Monday  of 
July  in  each  year,  transmit  to  the  superintendent  of  public 
instruction  a  report  containing  an  abstract  of  the  several  par- 
ticulars set  forth  in  the  report  of  the  district  clerks,  together 
with  a  statement  of  the  financial  affairs  of  his  office,  and  such 
suggestions  as  he  shall  think  proper,  relative  to  the  schools  of 
his  county ;  he  shall  distribute  to  the  districts  within  his  county 

*Note:     Amended  and  reenacted  by  Ch.  156,  S.  L.  1915. 


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such  blank  forms,  circulars  and  other  communications  as  may 
be  transmitted  to  him  for  that  purpose  by  the  superintendent 
of  public  instruction.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  15,  Sec.  3.] 

Office  and  Records  of  County  Superintendent  of  Schools. 
Session  Laws,  1913,  Chapter  24. 

Sec.  1.  Office  at  County  Seat.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
board  of  county  commissioners,  in  each  county  of  the  state  of 
Wyoming,  to  provide  an  office  for  the  county  superintendent 
of  schools  at  the  county  seat,  suitably  equipped  for  properly 
transacting  the  duties  of  the  office  of  county  superintendent, 
and  the  county  superintendent  shall  keep  his  office  open  such 
days  and  parts  of  days  as  may  be  in  his  judgment  for  the 
mutual  advantage  of  himself  and  his  patrons. 

Sec.  2.  Records.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  county  su- 
perintendent of  schools  to  keep  on  file  in  his  office,  a  full  and 
complete  record  of  the  official  transactions  of  his  office,  includ- 
ing copies  of  all  reports  received  by  him  in  his  official  capacity 
and  made  by  him  to  the  state  superintendent  of  public  instruc- 
tion. 

Sec.  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  passage. 

Note. — See  also  Sections  1995,  1996,  1997,  pages  52,  53. 

Session  Laws,  1915,  Chapter  159. 

That  Section  1  of  Chapter  fifty-two,  Session  Laws  of  Wyo- 
ming of  1913,  be  amended  and  re-enacted  so  as  to  read  as 
follows : 

Clerk  to  Certify  Number  of  Teachers. 

Sec.  1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  clerk  of  the  board  of 
trustees  of  each  school  district,  including  high  school  district, 
to  file  with  the  county  superintendent  of  schools  of  the  county 
within  which  such  school  district  lies,  on  or  before  the  first 
day  of  July  each  year,  a  certificate  showing  the  number  of 
teachers  employed  within  said  school  district  during  the  pre- 
ceding year;  Provided,  that  after  the  year  1913  every  teacher 
for  whom  credit  shall  be  claimed  in  such  certificate  must  have 
been  engaged  in  teaching  in  said  district  for  at  least  six  school 
months  during  the  said  school  year,  or  in  conjunction  with  a 
predecessor  shall  have  taught  for  said  period; 

Provided  that  in  a  school  district  continuing  a  high  school 
up  to  that  time  previously  conducted  by  a  high  school  dis- 
trict, of  which  it  was  a  part,  the  six  months  service  in  the 
district  of  each  high  school  teacher  employed  shall  be  esti- 
mated by  crediting  the  teacher  with  the  time  of  service  im- 
mediately preceding,  or  in  conjunction  with  the  predecessor. 


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with  time  of  service  in  the  school  year  preceding  as  teacher 
in  said  High  School  District ; 

And  provided  further,  that  no  credit  shall  be  claimed  for 
a  teacher  in  a  grade  school  where  the  average  number  of 
pupils  in  attendance  during  the  preceding  school  year  has 
been  less  than  six  pupils  per  teacher,  nor  for  a  teacher  in  a 
high  school  where  the  average  attendance  has  been  less  than 
ten  pupils  per  teacher. 

Sec.  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  passage. 

Approved  March  5,  1915. 

Session  Laws,  1913,  Chapter  52. 

Sec.  2.  Duty  of  County  Superintendent.  It  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  said  county  superintendent  to  verify  and  correct 
said  certificate  and  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  August  in  each 
year  to  file  with  the  county  clerk  a  certificate  showing  the 
number  of  said  Jteachers  during  the  preceding  school  year  in 
each  of  the  school  districts,  including  high  school  districts,  in 
the  county. 

Sec.  3.  That  Section  7  of  Chapter  106  of  the  Session 
Laws  of  1911  be  amended  and  re-enacted  to  read  as  follows : 

"Section  7.  County  School  Tax  Limit.  It  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  board  of  county  commissioners  of  each  county  to 
levy  a  general  school  tax  upon  all  property  within  the  county 
in  an  amount  sufficient  to  raise  three  hundred  dollars  for  each 
teacher  within  said  county  as  certified  to  by  the  county  super- 
intendent of  schools ;  Provided,  That  said  levy  shall  not  exceed 
three  mills  upon  the  dollar. ' ' 

Sec.  4.     That  Section  1299,  Wyoming  Compiled  Statutes  of 

1910,  as  amended  by  Section  1  of  Chapter  90,  Session  Laws  of 

1911,  be  amended  and  re-enacted  to  read  as  follows: 
"Section  1299.     Apportionment  of  Taxes.     On  the  first 

Monday  of  February  in  each  year,  commencing  with  the  year 
1914,  the  county  superintendent  of  schools  shall  apportion  the 
county  school  tax  and  all  money  in  the  county  treasury  be- 
longing to  the  county  school  fund,  including  poll  taxes,  fines 
and  forfeitures,  among  the  several  school  districts,  including 
high  school  districts,  in  proportion  to  the  number  of  teachers 
within  the  respective  districts  during  the  preceding  school  year 
as  determined  by  the  certificate  of  the  county  superintendent 
of  schools  filed  with  the  county  clerk;  he  shall  record  a  state- 
ment of  such  apportionment  in  his  office  and  shall  also  notify 
the  county  treasurer  of  the  same;  he  shall  thereupon  imme- 
diately draw  an  order  on  the  county  treasurer,  in  favor  of  the 
treasurer  of  each  school  district  for  the  amount  due  it  from 


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said  funds,  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  treasurer  of  the  dis- 
trict, which  draft  the  county  treasurer  shall  pay  to  the  treas- 
urer of  the  school  district  upon  presentation,  properly  en- 
dorsed." 

Sec.  5.  Supplementary  Apportionment.  That  Section 
1300,  Wyoming  Compiled  Statutes  of  1910,  as  amended  by 
Chapter  90  of  the  Session  Laws  of  1911,  be  amended  and  re- 
enacted  as  follows: 

"Section  1300.  Should  no  apportionment  of  .the  school 
funds  be  made  on  the  first  Monday  in  February,  as  required  in 
this  chapter,  the  county  superintendent  of  schools  shall  make 
an  apportionment  as  soon  thereafter  as  practicable,  in  the  same 
manner  as  hereinbefore  provided.  He  may  also,  at  any  time, 
make  a  supplementary  apportionment  of  the  money  paid  into 
the  county  school  fund  subsequent  to  the  time  of  the  first  ap- 
portionment on  account  of  taxes  or  poll  taxes  due  for  the  pre- 
ceding year,  such  apportionment  to  be  made  in  the  same  man- 
ner as  provide*d  in  Section  1299." 

Sec.  6.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  with  this  act 
are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  7.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  passage. 

Session  Laws  1913,  Chapter  15. 

Sec.  1.  Duplicate  Remittance  Slips.  It  shall  be  the  duty 
of  county  superintendents  of  schools  and  county  treasurers 
when  remitting  funds  to  school  district  treasurers  to  advise  the 
clerks  of  such  districts  of  each  and  every  remittance  by  issu- 
ing duplicate  remittance  slips  giving  date  and  amount  of  re- 
mittance, sending  one  with  remittance  to  the  district  treasurer 
and  one  to  the  district  clerk. 

Sec.  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  passage. 

District  Boundary  Board. 
Sessions  Laws  1913,  Chapter  42. 

Sec.  1.  Members  and  Duties.  The  county  superintend- 
ent of  schools  and  the  board  of  county  commissioners  shall 
constitute  a  board  for  laying  off  their  county  into  convenient 
school  districts,  such  board  to  be  styled  "The  District  Boun- 
dary Board."  Said  board  shall  divide  the  county  into  school 
districts,  and  may  alter  and  change  the  boundaries  of  the  dis- 
tricts as  formed  from  time  to  time  as  the  convenience  of  the 
inhabitants  of  the  aforesaid  districts  may  require,  and  shall 
proceed  to  make  such  change,  as  in  the  judgment  of  the  said 
board  may  seem  wise,  at  any  time  when  petitioned  by  a  ma- 


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jority  of  the  legal  voters  of  all  the  districts  whether  organized 
and  existing,  or  proposed  which  shall  be  affected  by  such  divi- 
sion or  change  of  boundaries.  And  the  district  boundary  board 
shall  abolish  or  join  in  a  Contiguous  district  any  school  dis- 
trict in  which  no  school  has  been  maintained  for  twelve  con- 
secutive months,  and  all  funds  to  the  credit  of  such  district  so 
abolished  or  joined  to  another  district  shall  be  returned  to,  and 
become  a  part  of  the  general  school  fund  of  the  county;  Pro- 
vided, That  nothing  in  this  chapter  shall  be  construed  as  to 
prevent  the  district  boundary  board  from  joining  any  school 
district,  having  less  than  eight  pupils,  to  any  other  school  dis- 
trict lying  contiguous  thereto,  if,  in  the  judgment  of  the  board, 
it  will  be  for  the  benefit  of  the  public  schools  so  to  join  such 
districts. 

Sec.  2.  Chairman  and  Secretary.  The  chairman  of  the 
board  of  county  commissioners  shall  act  as  chairman  of  the 
district  boundary  board.  The  board  shall  be  authorized  to 
transact  business  as  a  board  when  the  county  superintendent 
and  two  members  of  the  board  of  county  commissioners  are 
present.  The  county  superintendent  of  schools  shall  act  as 
secretary  of  the  district  boundary  board  and  shall  keep  an  ac- 
curate record  showing  the  boundaries  of  all  the  districts  in  his 
county  so  established  and  organized  and  any  revisions  or 
changes  in  boundaries  made  by  the  said  board. 

Sec.  3.  Notice  to  District  Clerk.  When  the  district  boun- 
dary board  shall  have  established  a  new  district  or  shall  have 
altered  or  changed  the  boundaries  of  any  district  or  districts, 
the  county  superintendent  shall  promptly  notify,  in  writing, 
the  clerk  of  the  district  board  in  each  of  the  districts  so 
affected,  giving  in  said  notice  the  number  of  the  district  or 
districts  affected  and  describing  their  boundaries. 

Sec.  4.  Corporate  City  in  One  District.  Whenever  the 
district  boundary  board  shall  establish  a  new  district  or  change 
the  boundaries  of  existing  districts,  such  establishment  or 
change  shall  be  made  so  as  to  keep  all  territory,  embraced  in 
any  corporate  city  or  village,  in  one  school  district,  but  the 
district  boundary  board  may  include  in  any  such  school  dis- 
trict territory  not  within  such  corporate  boundaries;  and  said 
boundary  board  is  hereby  authorized  to  change  without  pre- 
sentation of  a  petition,  the  boundaries  of  any  school  district 
or  districts  so  that  all  the  territory  embraced  in  a  corporate 
city  or  village  shall  be  in  one  district. 

Sec.  5.  Appeal.  A  majority  of  the  voters  in  any  dis- 
trict affected  by  the  changed  boundary,  or  a  majority  of  such 
voters  dissatisfied  by  the  formation  of  any  new  district,  shall 
have  the  right  to  appeal  from  the  district  boundary  board  to 


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the  state  superintendent  of  public  instruction,  whose  decision 
shall  be  final  in  the  matter. 

Sec.  6.  Funds  of  New  Districts.  Whenever  the  district 
boundary  board  shall  have  formed  or  established  a  new  district 
from  districts  already  legally  organized,  the  school  board  of 
such  newly  organized  district  may  draw  the  public  school 
funds  for  paying  teachers  or  other  necessary  legal  school  ex- 
penses from  the  school  treasury  of  the  district  from  which  it 
was  separated  until  such  a  time  as  the  newly  organized  dis- 
trict shall  receive  its  proper  apportionment  of  school  moneys 
and  taxes.  In  like  manner,  any  district  which  is  established 
from  two  or  more  districts  may  draw  the  proper  school  funds 
for  payment  of  teachers  or  other  necessary  legal  school  ex- 
penses from  the  treasury  of  the  districts  to  which  the  said  new 
school  district  formerly  belonged. 

Sec.  7.  Sections  Repealed.  Sections  1301  and  1927  of  the 
Compiled  Statutes  of  1910,  and  all  other  acts  and  parts  of  acts 
inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  act,  shall  be,  and  are 
hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  8.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  passage. 

Recommend  Dismissal  of  Incompetent  Teachers — Visits. 

Sec.  1302.  The  county  superintendent  shall  have  the  gen- 
eral superintendence  of  the  schools  of  the  county,  and  shall 
visit  each  school  at  least  once  in  each  term,  and  shall  have 
power  to  recommend  for  dismissal  all  teachers  he  may  find  to 
be  incompetent;  Provided,  That  before  any  teacher  shall  be 
dismissed  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  superintendent  to  specify 
charges,  in  writing,  against  said  teacher,  and  shall  file  the  same 
with  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  school  district  wherein  said 
teacher  is  employed,  and  upon  such  charges  a  hearing  shall 
be  had  in  the  presence  of  the  board,  and  if  in  their  judgment 
the  charges  as  preferred  are  well  sustained,  then  the  said  board 
may  proceed  to  dismiss  said  teacher.  [S.  L.  1901,  Ch.  56.] 

Failure  to  Make  Report — Penalty. 

Sec.  1303.  Should  he  fail  to  make  his  reports,  as  required 
in  this  chapter,  he  shall  forfeit  the  sum  of  one  hundred  dol- 
lars, and  suit  shall  be  brought  on  his  official  bond  for  the  col- 
lection of  the  same,  with  damages,  by  the  prosecuting  attor- 
ney. [R,  S.  1887,  Sec.  3915.] 

Supervisory  and  Appellate  Authority. 

Sec.  1304.  He  shall  see  that  the  annual  report  of  the 
clerks  of  the  several  school  districts  in  his  county  are  made 
correctly  and  in  due  time,  and  shall  hear  and  determine  all 


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appeals  from  the  decision  of  the  district  boards.     [R.  S.  1887, 
Sec.  3917.] 

County  Teachers'  Institutes. 
Session  Laws  1913,  Chapter  44. 

Sec.  1.  Section  1305  of  the  Wyoming  Compiled  Statutes 
1910,  is  amended  and  re-enacted  to  read  as  follows : 

"Section  1305.  County  Teachers'  Institutes.  The  county 
superintendent  of  schools  shall  hold  annually  at  some  con- 
venient place  a  county  teachers'  institute  for  the  instruction 
and  advancement  of  teaching.  Said  institute  shall  continue 
not  less  than  four  days  nor  more  than  eight  days.  The  county 
superintendent  shall  preside  at  all  meetings  and  shall  deter- 
mine the  time  and  place  for  holding  such  meetings.  It  shall 
be  the  duty  of  all  teachers  actually  engaged  in  teaching  or 
having  either  a  written  or  verbal  contract  to  teach  in  such 
county,  to  attend  such  institute,  unless  they  shall  have  a  writ- 
ten excuse  signed  by  the  county  superintendent;  and  the  state 
superintendent  of  public  instruction  may,  at  his  discretion, 
upon  the  written  complaint  of  the  county  superintendent,  re- 
voke the  certificate  or  refuse  to  grant  a  certificate  to  any 
teacher  who  refuses  to  attend  the  county  institute  held  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  provisions  of  this  act ;  Provided,  That  a  cer- 
tificate signed  by  a  regularly  practicing  physician  of  the  in- 
ability of  any  such  teacher  to  attend  such  institute,  or  the 
affidavit  of  two  citizens  of  the  county  that  said  teacher  was  un- 
able to  attend  such  institute  because  of  storms,  floods  or  other 
conditions  beyond  the  control  of  said  teacher,  shall  operate  to 
exempt  said  teacher  from  the  provisions  of  this  act.  Each 
teacher  who  attends  institute  shall  be  given  by  the  county 
superintendent,  a  certificate  setting  forth  the  number  of  days 
of  said  institute  such  teacher  shall  have  been  in  attendance, 
and  the  board  of  directors  shall  withhold  the  salary  of  any 
teacher  who  shall  not  produce  the  said  certificate  of  attend- 
ance or  an  excuse  from  the  county  superintendent  for  the  time 
that  he  should  have  been  in  attendance  at  the  institute.  ,  It 
shall  be  the  duty  of  each  district  board  to  pay  all  teachers 
who  attend  such  institute  the  same  salary  per  day  that  would 
have  been  paid  had  the  same  amount  of  time  been  expended 
in  teaching.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  county  boards  of  com- 
missioners in  each  county  to  appropriate  annually,  two  hun- 
dred and  fifty  dollars  ($250.00)  in  counties  having  an  assessed 
valuation  of  more  than  five  million  dollars  ($5,000,000.00)  ;  two 
hundred  dollars  ($200.00)  in  counties  having  an  assessed  valua- 
tion of  more  than  two  million  five  hundred  thousand  dollars 
($2,500,000.00)  ;  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  ($150.00)  in 


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counties  having  an  assessed  valuation  of  more  than  one  mil- 
lion four  hundred  thousand  dollars  ($1,400,00.00)  and  not 
exceeding  two  million  five  hundred  thousand  dollars  ($2,500,- 
000.00),  for  the  payment  of  such  instructors  or  lecturers  as  the 
county  superintendent  may  employ  to  assist  in  holding  the 
county  institute,  and  no  part  of  the  amount  appropriated  shall 
be  paid  out  by  the  county  commissioners  to  the  lecturers  or 
instructors  or  any  other  expense  incurred  by  the  county  super- 
intendent for  county  institute  purposes  unless  ordered  by  the 
county  superintendent. 

Sec.  2.  Joint  Institutes.  Two  or  more  counties  may,  at 
the  discretion  of  their  county  superintendents,  unite  for  the 
purpose  of  holding  a  joint  annual  institute  at  such  place  as  may 
be  agreed  upon  by  such  superintendents,  and  all  the  provisions 
of  Section  1305  shall  apply  to  such  joint  institute. 

Sec.  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  passage.  [S.  L.  1913,  Ch.  34.] 

May  Appoint  Deputies. 

Sec.  1306.  In  counties  of  the  first,  second  and  third  class, 
the  county  superintendent,  by  and  with  the  consent  of  the 
board  of  county  commissioners,  may  appoint  deputy  county 
superintendents,  to  be  paid  by  the  county  a  compensation  of 
three  dollars  per  diem  while  actually  engaged  as  such  deputy. 
Provided,  however,  That  in  no  case  shall  the  amount  so  ap- 
propriated by  any  county  for  such  deputy  exceed  the  sum  of 
one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  in  any  one  year.  [S.  L.  1909, 
Ch.  46,  Sec.  1.] 

Session  Laws  1913,  Chap.  53. 

Sec.  2.  Duty  of  the  County  Superintendent.  It  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  county  superintendent  of  schools  to  cause  the 
subjects  prescribed  in  the  course  of  study  to  be  taught  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  county  and  the  work  of  instruction  to  be 
pursued  as  planned  therein ;  Provided,  That  a  principal  or 
superintendent  of  schools  in  any  district  who  has  supervision 
over  three  or  more  teachers  may  amend  and  change  the  course 
of  study  prescribed  by  the  state  superintendent  of  public  in- 
struction in  such  manner  as  will,  in  his  judgment,  apply  more 
directly  to  the  local  conditions  of  such  district.  Except  elimi- 
nation of  the  prescribed  subjects. 

Sec.  3.  City  Superintendent  and  Others  Report  Failure. 
It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  several  city  superintendents  of 
schools  in  the  state  and  of  the  clerk  and  board  of  directors  of 
all  other  educational  institutions  receiving  aid  from  the  state, 
to  report  to  the  county  superintendent  of  schools  any  failure 
or  neglect  on  the  part  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  any  school 


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district,  or  the  board  of  directors  of  any  educational  institution 
receiving  aid  from  the  state,  to  make  proper  provision  for  the 
teaching  of  those  branches  prescribed  in  the  state  course  of 
study  issued  by  authority  and  through  the  office  of  the  state 
superintendent  of  public  instruction  in  any  or  all  of  the  schools 
or  other  educational  institutions  under  their  charge,  or  over 
which  they  have  jurisdiction. 

Sec.  4.  Eligibility  to  Share  in  Annual  Apportionment. 
The  county  superintendent  shall  apportion  annually  his  coun- 
ty's share  of  the  state  school  land  income  fund  only  to  those 
districts  in  which  the  subjects  prescribed  in  this  act  have  been 
taught  as  required,  the  county  superintendent  determining 
from  the  annual  report  of  the  district  officers  the  eligibility 
of  the  districts  to  share  in  the  apportionment. 

Sec.  5.  Repeal.  Sections  1963  and  1964,  Compiled  Stat- 
utes of  Wyoming,  1910,  and  all  other  acts  and  parts  of  acts 
inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  act,  shall  be,  and  are 
hereby,  repealed. 

Sec.  6.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  passage.  [S.  L.  1913,  Ch.  53.] 


COUNTY  LIBRARIES. 

Tax  to  Be  Levied — Amount. 

Sec.  1316.  When  the  county  commissioners  of  any  county 
have  received  proper  and  sufficient  guarantees,  whether  in  the 
form  of  conveyances,  or  bonds  of  citizens,  or  associations  or 
corporations,  that  a  suitable  place  will  be  permanently  fur- 
nished for  the  protection  and  use  of  a  public  library  as  a  con- 
dition precedent  to  their  own  action,  under  the  provisions  of 
this  chapter,  it  shall  be  their  duty  to  levy  annually  a  tax  of  not 
less  than  one-eighth  of  a  mill  nor  more  than  one-half  of  a 
mill  on  the  dollar  on  all  taxable  property  in  the  county,  for 
the  establishment  and  maintenance  of  a  public  library  to  be 
located  at  the  county  seat  of  such  county.  And  whenever  a 
suitable  place  is  furnished  without  rent  for  the  use  of  any 
county  library,  the  directors  thereof  shall  have  the  power  to 
pay  such  incidental  expenses  as  may  be  necessary  in  keeping  in 
repair  and  properly  janitored,  lighted,  heated  and  cared  for, 
the  place  so  furnished,  and  to  pay  the  expense  thereof  out  of 
the  taxes  levied  hereunder.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  45,  Sec.  1.] 

How  Tax  Levied  and  Collected. 

Sec.  1317.  The  tax  authorized  by  the  preceding  section 
shall  be  levied  and  collected  at  the  same  time  and  in  the  same 
manner  as  other  county  taxes  of  such  county  are  levied  and 


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collected,  and  the  whole  amount  so  collected  shall  be  set  apart 
and  shall  be  designated  the  county  library  fund;  Provided, 
That  nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  construed  into  author- 
izing any  additional  levy  to  that  now  authorized  by  law.  [S. 
L.  1907,  Ch.  45,  Sec.  2.] 

Board  of  Directors — Appointment. 

Sec.  1318.  The  control  and  use  of  said  library  fund  shall 
be  entrusted  by  the  county  commissioners  of  any  county  to 
three  competent  and  responsible  citizens  of  the  county,  to  be 
appointed  by  said  commissioners  and  to  constitute  a  board  of 
directors  for  this  purpose.  As  soon  as  appointed  they  shall  in- 
corporate as  a  body,  with  an  appropriate  name.  They  shall 
serve  without  compensation  and  the  treasurer  of  the  board 
shall  give  bonds,  to  be  approved  by  the  county  commissioners, 
for  the  faithful  performance  of  his  duties.  It  shall  be  their 
duty,  upon  notification  from  the  county  commissioners  that  a 
library  fund  is  at  their  disposal,  to  expend  so  much  of  the  said 
fund  as  shall  be  found  available,  in  the  purchase  of  books,  fur- 
niture, salaries  of  librarian  and  assistants,  and  incidental  ex- 
penses for  the  library  herein  provided  to  be  established;  Pro- 
vided, That  the  books  so  purchased  shall  be  of  a  kind  best 
suited  to  inform  the  mind  and  improve  the  character  of  the 
reader;  that  neither  sectarian  nor  professional  books  shall  be 
purchased  out  of  such  fund,  and  that  not  exceeding  twenty-five 
per  centum  of  such  fund  so  expended  shall  be  used  for  the  pur- 
chase of  works  of  fiction;  the  said  trustees  appointed  by  the 
county  commissioners  shall  hold  office,  one-third  for  one  year, 
one-third  for  t\vo  years,  and  one-third  for  three  years  from  the 
1st  day  of  July  following  their  appointment,  and  at  their 
regular  meeting  shall  cast  lots  for  the  respective  terms ;  and 
annually  thereafter  the  county  commissioners  shall,  before  the 
1st  day  of  July  of  each  year,  appoint,  as  before,  one  director 
to  take  the  place  of  the  retiring  director,  who  shall  hold  office 
for  three  years  and  until  his  successor  is  appointed.  The 
county  commissioners  may  remove  any  director  for  misconduct 
or  neglect  of  duty.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  686;  S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  45, 
Sec.  3.] 

Donations — Location  of  Library — Librarian. 

Sec.  1319.  The  said  board  of  directors  is  authorized  to  re- 
ceive donations  of  real  estate,  money  or  books,  in  aid  of  the 
establishment  or  maintenance  of  the  library,  for  which  said 
directors  are  hereby  made  responsible,  and,  as  trustees  of  the 
donor,  shall  carefully  observe  the  conditions  accompanying 
every  such  gift,  and  if  any  incorporated  literary  or  library 
association  shall  donate  to  such  county  library,  property  equal 


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in  value  to  one  thousand  dollars,  or  shall  annually  contribute 
to  its  resources  a  sum  exceeding  two  hundred  and  fifty  dol- 
lars in  money,  such  association  shall  be  entitled  to  name  one 
person  to  be  an  associate  member  of  said  board  of  trustees,  who 
shall  have  all  the  rights,  privileges  and  responsibilities  of  the 
other  members  thereof.  When  no  provision  can  be  made  for 
otherwise  furnishing  the  library  with  the  necessary  accommo- 
dations for  its  books  and  other  publications,  without  expense 
to  the  library  fund  arising  from  the  public  tax,  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  board  of  school  trustees  or  directors  of  the  school 
district  embracing  the  county  seat,  to  provide  accommodations 
for  them  in  the  best  situated  school  building  over  which  such 
board  of  school  trustees  have  control.  The  board  of  directors 
shall  also  appoint  a  competent  person  to  have  the  immediate 
charge  of  the  library,  with  such  duties  and  compensation  for 
services  as  they  shall  fix  and  determine.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  45, 
Sec.  4.] 

Libraries  to  Be  Free. 

Sec.  1320.  Every  library  established  and  maintained  un- 
der the  provisions  of  this  chapter  shall  be  free  to  all  residents 
of  the  county  to  which  it  belongs,  on  the  condition  that  such 
persons  comply  with  such  rules  and  regulations  for  the  safety 
and  management  of  the  library  as  the  board  of  directors  shall 
prescribe,  which  rules  and  regulations  may  be  enforced  by 
legal  proceedings  in  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction;  Pro- 
vided, That  in  the  management  of  the  library,  the  best  possible 
provision  shall  be  made  for  the  convenient  use  of  the  books 
thereof  by  the  residents  of  such  county  residing  out  of  the 
town  wherein  the  library  is  situated.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  45, 
Sec.  5.] 

Board  of  Directors — Use  of  Books. 

Sec.  1321.  It  shall  be  the  further  duty  of  such  board  of 
directors  to  keep  a  careful  record  of  all  its  doings,  with  dupli- 
cate vouchers  for  all  expenditures,  one  set  of  such  vouchers 
to  be  kept  in  the  office  of  the  secretary  of  the  board  of  direc- 
tors, the  other  to  be  filed  with  the  county  commissioners  at 
the  end  of  each  calendar  year.  The  board  of  directors  shall 
also,  at  the  end  of  each  year,  report  to  the  county  commis- 
sioners all  the  important  transactions  for  the  previous  twelve 
months,  specifying  in  each  report  the  sum  of  money  received 
from  the  county  library  fund,  also  the  moneys  and  property  re- 
ceived from  other  sources,  the  use  and  disposition  made  of  such 
moneys  and  other  property,  the  number  of  books  and  other 
publications  then  in  the  library,  the  number  of  books  and  other 


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publications  added  by  purchase  and  gift  during  the  year,  as 
well  as  the  number  of  books  lost  and  missing,  the  number,  title 
and  cost  of  books,  maps  and  charts  purchased  out  of  the  county 
library  fund,  the  number  of  books  loaned  out,  with  the  gen- 
eral character  of  such  books,  the  number  of  persons  who  have 
drawn  books  from  the  library  during  the  year,  and  the  num- 
ber of  visitors  thereto,  together  with  such  other  facts  deemed 
of  public  interest,  a  copy  of  which  report  shall  be  furnished 
by  the  clerk  of  said  board  of  county  commissioners  for  pub- 
lication in  at  least  one  paper  of  general  circulation  in  the 
county.  Only  persons  resident  of  the  county  shall  be  allowed 
to  obtain  a  loan  of  books  from  the  library,  and  in  every  case 
when  books  are  lost  or  destroyed  by  such  parties,  or  withheld 
from  the  library  by  such  persons,  then  in  that  event  such  per- 
sons shall  be  responsible  for  the  loss  of  such  book  or  books, 
and  the  value  of  said  book  or  books  may  be  recovered  by 
proper  action  at  law  in  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction  in 
the  county.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  45,  Sec.  6.] 


PUBLIC  INDEBTEDNESS. 

Indebtedness  in  Excess  of  Constitutional  Limit,  Void. 

Sec.  1353.  Any  indebtedness  created  after  February  21, 
1899,  in  excess  of  the  limitation  of  the  constitution,  by  any 
county,  city,  town,  village,  or  other  sub-division  of  the  state 
of  Wyoming  in  any  current  year,  defined  as  from  the  first  Mon- 
day in  January  of  one  year  to  the  first  Monday  in  January  of 
the  next  year  ensuing,  in  excess  of  that  authorized  by  the  con- 
stitution of  the  state  and  for  the  payment  of  which  there  are  no 
available  revenues,  during  such  current  year,  shall  as  against 
such  county,  city,  town,  village,  or  other  sub-division  of  the 
state,  be  void  and  of  no  effect,  but  any  officer  who  shall  par- 
ticipate in  creating  such  indebtedness,  and  the  sureties  on  his 
official  bond,  shall  be  personally  liable  to  the  holder,  or  holders, 
of  such  indebtedness  as  fully  as  if  such  indebtedness  had  been 
contracted  for  his  individual  benefit.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  89.] 


SCHOOL  DISTRICTS  —  ORGANIZATION  AND  GOVERN- 
MENT. 

Notice  of  Formation  of  New  District. 

Sec.  1926.  Whenever  a  school  district  shall  be  formed  in 
any  county,  the  county  superintendent  of  schools  in  such 
county  shall,  within  fifteen  days  thereafter,  prepare  a  notice  of 


36  SCHOOL  LAWS   OF   WYOMING 

the  formation  of  such  district,  describing  its  boundaries  and 
stating  the  number  thereof,  and  appointing  a  time  and  place 
for  the  district  meeting.  He  shall  cause  the  notice,  thus  pre- 
pared, to  be  posted  in  at  least  five  public  places  in  the  district, 
at  least  ten  days  before  the  time  appointed  for  such  meeting ; 
and  when  a  joint  district  is  derived  from  portions  of  two  or 
more  counties,  the  county  superintendent  of  each  county,  from 
which  any  portion  of  the  new  district  is  taken,  shall  unite  in 
giving  the  customary  notices  and  the  new  district  shall  be  num- 
bered by  the  superintendent  of  the  county  having  the  highest 
number  of  districts.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3918.] 

First  Election  of  Trustees — Officers  of  District. 

Sec.  1928.  The  qualified  electors  of  a  school  district,  when 
assembled  in  accordance  with  the  notice  required  in  section 
nineteen  hundred  and  twenty-six,  shall  organize  by  appointing 
a  chairman  and  a  secretary  who  shall  act  as  judges  of  election. 
They  shall  then  by  ballot  elect  three  trustees  possessing  the 
qualifications  of  electors  of  said  district,  and  the  name  of  each 
elector  shall  be  recorded- by  the  secretary,  and  they  shall  hold 
their  office  until  the  next  succeeding  annual  district  election 
and  until  their  successors  are  elected  and  qualified.  The  said 
trustees  shall  constitute  a  board  of  directors  for  the  district  and 
shall,  as  soon  as  they  are  qualified,  choose  from  their  number 
a  director,  treasurer  and  clerk  of  the  district.  [S.  L.  1890,  Ch. 
77,  Sec.  1.] 

Oath  of  Directors. 

Sec.  1929.  All  directors  of  the  board  shall,  within  ten 
days  after  their  election,  appear  before  some  justice  of  the 
peace  or  other  person  qualified  to  administer  oaths,  and  take 
an  oath  for  the  faithful  performance  of  their  duties  and  in 
accordance  with  law,  and  shall,  without  delay,  transmit  a  copy 
of  said  oath  in  writing  to  the  county  superintendent  of  schools. 
[S.  L.  1890,  Ch.  77,  Sec.  2.] 

Annual  Election  of  Trustees— District  Officers. 

Sec.  1930.  Except  as  otherwise  provided  by  law,  there 
shall  be  elected  in  each  organized  school  district  meeting  on 
the  first  Monday  in  May  of  each  year,  one  trustee,  who  shall 
hold  his  office  for  three  years  and  until  his  successor  is  duly 
elected  and  qualified.  If,  for  any  cause,  the  annual  election 
should  not  be  held  at  the  regular  annual  meeting,  a  special 
meeting  may  be  held  for  that  purpose  if  so  specified  in  the 
notice  for  said  special  meeting.  The  trustees  together  shall 
constitute  a  board  of  directors  for  the  district,  and  shall,  im- 
mediately after  they  are  qualified,  elect  one  of  their  number  a 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING  37 

director,  treasurer  and  clerk  of  the  district.  At  the  first  reg- 
ular annual  election  after  a  school  district  is  organized  there 
shall  be  three  trustees  elected,  one  to  hold  his  office  for  the 
term  of  three  years,  and  one  to  hold  his  office  for  the  term  of 
two  years,  and  one  for  the  term  of  one  year  and  until  their 
successors  are  elected  and  qualified,  and  thereafter  at  each 
such  annual  meeting  there  shall  be  one  trustee  elected  as  afore- 
said, for  the  term  of  three  years,  as  successor  to  the  outgoing 
member  of  the  board,  and  all  of  said  trustees  herein  men- 
tioned shall  possess  the  qualifications  of  any  elector  in  said 
district,  and  shall  be  elected  by  ballot,  and  the  name  of  each 
elector  voting  for  trustee  shall  be  recorded  by  the  secretary 
of  the  meeting,  and  such  record  shall  be  filed  with  the  district 
clerk.  [S.  L.  1890,  Ch.  77,  Sec.  3.] 

Election  of  Trustees  Where  Number  Increased  to  Six. 

Sec.  1931.  In  all  school  districts  in  this  state  containing 
a  population  of  one  thousand  or  more,  the  number  of  trustees 
may  be  increased  to  six  at  any  annual  school  election  held 
hereafter,  if  the  majority  of  the  electors  at  such  annual  meet- 
ing, upon  taking  a  vote  by  ballot,  so  decide.  The  electors  shall 
then  proceed  by  ballot  to  elect  one  trustee  for  one  year,  one 
trustee  for  two  years,  and  two  trustees  for  three  years.  At  all 
annual  elections  held  thereafter  there  shall  be  elected  two 
trustees,  who  shall  hold  their  office  for  three  years,  or  until 
their  successors  are  elected  and  qualified.  [S.  L.  1897,  Ch.  38.] 

School  District  Seal. 

Sec.  1932.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  board  of  school 
directors  so  increased  to  six  members  to  provide,  at  the  ex- 
pense of  their  district,  and  for  said  district,  a  seal,  upon  which 

shall  be  engraved  the  words  "  School  District  No , 

County,  Wyo.,"  stating  the  number 

of  the  district,  and  the  county  in  which  it  is  situated.  The  seal 
shall  be  in  possession  of  the  clerk  of  the  district.  It  shall  be 
affixed  to  all  communications  or  notices  required  by  law  to  be 
sent  or  published  by  such  school  board,  and  to  all  warrants 
drawn  upon  the  treasurer  of  the  district.  [B.  S.  1887,  Sec. 
3923.] 

School  District  to  Be  Body  Corporate. 

Sec.  1933.  Each  school  district  formed  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  title  is  hereby  declared  to  be  a  body  corporate  by 

the  name  and  style  of  "School  District  No ,  in  the 

County  of and  State  of  Wyoming;" 

and  in  that  name  it  may  hold  property  and  be  a  party  to  suits 
and  contracts.  [B.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3925.] 


38  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

Regular  Meetings  of  District. 

Sec.  1934.  The  fiscal  year  shall  end  on  the  30th  day  of 
April  and  the  annual  school  meeting  of  each  school  district 
shall  be  held  on  the  first  Monday  of  May  in  each  year.  And, 
when  present,  the  director  and  clerk  shall  preside  as  chairman 
and  secretary,  respectively,  of  such  meeting.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch. 
15,  Sec.  1.] 

Powers  of  District  Meeting. 

Sec.  1935.  The  qualified  electors  of  the  district,  when  as- 
assembled,  shall  have  power: 

1.  To  appoint  a  chairman  and  secretary,  in  the  absence 
of  the  regular  officers. 

2.  To  adjourn  from  time  to  time,  as  occasion  may  re- 
quire. 

3.  To  determine  the  number  of  schools  which  shall  be 
established  in  the  district,  and  the  length  of  time  each  shall  be 
taught. 

4.  To  fix  the  site  of  each  school  house,  taking  into  con- 
sideration in  doing  so,  the  wants  and  necessities  of  the  people 
of  each  portion  of  the  district. 

5.  To  vote  such  sum  of  money  as  the  meeting  shall  deem 
sufficient  for  any  of  the  following  purposes:     To  supply  any 
deficiency  in  the  fund  for  the  payment  of  teachers;  to  pur- 
chase or  lease  a  suitable  site  for  a  school  house,  or  school 
houses  •  to  build,  rent  or  purchase  a  school  house,  or  school 
houses,   and   keep  in  repair   and  furnish   the   same   with   the 
necessary  fuel  and  appendages ;  for  procuring  libraries  for  the 
schools,  books  and  stationery  for  the  use  of  the  board  and 
district  meetings ;  and  for  the  payment  of  all  other  contingent 
expenses  of  the  district. 

6.  To  direct  the  sale  or  other  disposition  to  be  made  of 
any  school  house,  or  the  site  thereof,  and  of  such  other  prop- 
erty, real  or  personal,  as  may  belong  to  the  district;  and  to 
direct  the   manner  in  which  the  proceeds  arising  therefrom 
shall  be  applied. 

7.  To  vote  a  sum  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars  in 
any  one  year,  to  procure  a  district  library,  consisting  of  such 
books  as  they  may  direct  any  person  to  procure. 

8.  To  delegate  any  and  all  powers  specified  in  the  fore- 
going sub-divisions  to  the  district  board;  Provided,  That  the 
district  board  shall  not  have  power  to  vote  or  raise  money  as 
provided  in  sub-division  five. 

9.  To  transact  generally  such  business  as  may  tend  to 
promote  the  cause  of  education  in  accordance  with  the  pro- 
visions of  this  and  succeeding  chapters.     [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3927 ; 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING  39 

S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  72,  Sec.  12;  S.  L.  1890,  Ch.  77,  Sec.  5;  S.  L.  1903, 
Ch.  63 ;  S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  91,  Sec.  1.] 

Note:  Bonds  may  not  be  voted  at  regular  district  meeting  unless 
special  notice  is  given.  See  Chapter  on  School  District  Bonds,  page  59. 

Objects  in  Voting  Money  to  Be  Designated. 

Sec.  1936.  In  voting  money,  the  district  meetings  shall 
designate  the  respective  objects  for  which  the  same  is  raised, 
and  the  amount  to  be  raised  for  each  object,  and  the  aggre- 
gate amount  shall  be  assessed  and  collected,  as  provided  by 
law.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3928.] 

Meeting  May  Adopt  Rules  of  Order. 

Sec.  1937.  They  may  adopt  rules  of  order,  not  incom- 
patible with  the  provisions  of  this  chapter  and  the  instructions 
of  the  superintendent  of  public  instruction,  for  the  government 
of  district  meetings,  and  may  alter  and  change  the  same  from 
time  to  time  as  occasion  may  require,  and  may  prescribe  the 
manner  of  taking  the  sense  of  the  meeting  upon  any  question ; 
Provided,  That  the  last  specification  shall  not  apply  to  the  elec- 
tion of  officers.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3929.] 

Transfer  of  School  Funds. 

Sec.  1938.  In  all  cases  where  there  are  moneys  belonging 
to  the  school  house  fund,  remaining  in  the  hands  of  the  dis- 
trict treasurer  of  any  school  district,  and  the  board  of  directors 
thereof  are  satisfied  that  such  moneys  are  not  required  to  build 
a  school  house  or  school  houses,  in  said  district,  or  repair  or 
furnish  the  same,  such  moneys  may  be  transferred  and  accred- 
ited to  the  teachers'  fund,  and  applied  to  the  payment  of 
teachers.  And  the  board  may  also  in  like  manner  transfer  a 
surplus  of  the  teachers'  fund  to  the  fund  for  building  school 
houses  when  required.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3930.] 

Manner  of  Conducting  Annual  Meeting — Election  of  Trustees. 

Sec.  1939.  At  the  regular  district  meeting  of  school  dis- 
tricts in  each  year,  at  the  time  now  provided  by  law  for  the 
election  of  trustees,  such  district  meeting  shall  be  opened  by 
proclamation  of  the  trustees,  at  the  hour  named  in  the  pub- 
lished or  posted  notice  for  the  meeting.  And  the  order  of 
business  at  such  meeting  shall  be : 

1.  Reading  and  consideration  of  the  report  of  the  clerk 
and  treasurer. 

2.  Voting  of  money  to  be  raised  by  special  tax. 

3.  Election  of  trustee  or  trustees. 

4.  Miscellaneous  business. 

[S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  73,  Sec.  1.] 


40  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

Qualification  of  Electors. 

Sec.  1940.  All  school  district  elections  shall  be  carried  on 
as  provided  by  law,  and  the  qualifications  of  voters  at  such 
elections  shall  be  the  same  as  at  any  other  election,  and  in  ad- 
dition thereto,  such  voter  shall  be  in  possession  of  a  tax  re- 
ceipt, from  the  tax  collector  of  the»county  in  which  such  elec- 
tion is  being  held,  showing  that  such  voter  is  a  property  owner 
in  such  school  district ;  Provided,  however,  That  the  tax  quali- 
fication mentioned  in  this  section  shall  apply  only  to  questions 
of  special  school  tax  appropriations  of  money  and  bonding 
such  school  district.  [S.  L.  1890,  Ch.  80,  Sec.  179;  R.  S.  1899, 
Sec.  536;  S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  68,  Sec.  1.] 

Directors  Shall  Qualify. 

Sec.  1941.  Said  directors  shall  qualify  in  the  manner  pre- 
scribed for  directors  elected  upon  the  formation  of  a  new 
school  district ;  and  in  case  they  neglect  or  refuse  to  do  so  they 
shall  be  subject  to  the  same  penalty.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3934; 
R.  S.  1899,  Sec.  538.] 

Meeting  of  Board. 

Sec.  1942.  The  board  of  directors  may  hold  such  regular, 
special  or  adjourned  meetings  as  they  may  from  time  to  time 
determine.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3935.] 

Powers  and  Duties  of  District  Board. 

Sec.  1943.  The  district  board  shall  make  all  contracts, 
purchases,  payments  and  sales,  necessary  to  carry  out  every 
vote  of  the  district,  for  procuring  any  site  for  a  school  house, 
renting,  repairing  or  furnishing  the  same,  and  disposing  there- 
of, or  for  keeping  a  school  therein,  and  performing  such  other 
duties  as  may  be  delegated  to  them  by  the  district  meeting. 
[R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3936.] 

Members  of  Board  May  Administer  Oaths. 

Sec.  1944.  The  trustees  of  school  districts  are  hereby  sev- 
erally authorized  to  administer  oaths  within  their  respective 
counties  in  any  and  all  matters  pertaining  to  their  respective 
districts  and  the  business  thereof,  where  an  oath  is  or  shall 
be  required  by  law.  [S.  L.  1897,  Ch.  4.] 

Authority  of  Board  to  Remove  Scholars. 

Sec.  1945.  The  district  board  shall  have  power  to  admit 
scholars  from  adjoining  districts,  and  remove  scholars  for  dis- 
orderly conduct;  and  when  scholars  are  admitted  from  other 
districts  the  district  board  may,  in  their  discretion,  require  a 
tuition  fee  from  such  scholars.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3937.] 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING  41 

When  Board  to  Advertise  for  Bids. 

Sec.  1946.  Whenever  any  school  house  is  to  be  built  or 
any  repairs,  addition  or  improvement  costing  more  than  two 
hundred  dollars,  made  to  any  school  house  or  district  property, 
the  board  of  directors  of  the  district  shall  advertise  for  bids 
for  such  work,  and  in  all  cases  contract  the  same  to  the  lowest 
responsible  bidder.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3938.] 

Settlement  with  Treasurer — Report  to  District  Meeting. 

Sec.  1947.  They  shall,  from  time  to  time,  examine  the 
books  and  accounts  of  the  treasurer,  and  make  settlement  with 
him,  and  shall,  at  each  regular  meeting  of  the  district,  present 
to  the  same  a  full  statement  of  the  receipts  and  expenditures 
of  the  district  and  such  other  matters  as  may  be  deemed  im- 
portant. [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3939.] 

Visiting  Committee. 

Sec.  1948.  They  shall  appoint  a  committee  from  their 
own  body  to  visit  the  respective  schools  of  the  district  monthly, 
and  to  aid  the  teachers  in  establishing  and  enforcing  rules  for 
the  government  of  schools,  and  see  that  the  teachers  keep  a 
correct  list  of  the  pupils,  the  time  which  they  attend  school, 
the  branches  of  learning  which  each  is  studying,  and  such  other 
matters  as  may,  in  the  opinion  of  the  board,  tend  to  promote 
the  welfare  of  the  school.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3940.] 

Auditing  and  Payment  of  Claims. 

Sec.  1949.  They  shall  audit  and  allow  all  just  claims 
against  the  district,  and  the  directors  shall  draw  an  order  for 
all  demands  thus  audited,  on  the  district  treasurer.  [R.  S.  1887, 
Sec.  3942.] 

Special  District  Meetings — Requisites  of  Notice. 

Sec.  1950.  They  shall,  upon  the  written  request  of  five 
legal  voters  of  the  district,  or  whenever  they  deem  it  expedient, 
call  special  meetings  thereof;  but  in  all  such  cases,  the  notice  of 
such  meeting  shall  clearly  state  the  precise  object  for  which  it 
is  called,  and  time  and  place  at  which  it  is  to  be  held.  [R.  S. 
1887,  Sec.  3942.] 

Vacancy  on  Board  of  Trustees — How  Filled. 

Sec.  1951.  In  case  a  vacancy  in  any  district  school  board 
shall  be  caused  by  the  resignation,  death  or  otherwise  of  any 
one  of  its  members,  such  vacancy  shall  be  filled  by  appoint- 
ment of  the  district  board,  and  said  appointee  may  legally 
hold  such  office  until  the  next  annual  school  election  following 
said  appointment,  but  no  longer,  and  at  the  annual  election 
said  vacancy  shall  be  filled  in  the  same  way  and  manner  as 


42  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

authorized  by  law  for  the  annual  election  of  school  trustees. 
[S.  L.  1901,  Ch.  58.] 

Bond  of  District  Treasurer. 

Sec.  1952.  The  district  treasurer  shall  give  bonds  to  the 
district  in  such  penalty  and  with  such  sureties  as  the  board 
of  the  county  commissioners  shall  direct  and  approve,  condi- 
tioned for  the  faithful  application  of  all  money  which  may 
come  into  his  hands  by  virtue  of  his  office;  Provided,  Said 
bonds  shall  not  exceed  one  and  one-quarter  times  the  amount 
of  all  the  school  moneys  handled  by  the  treasurer  in  any  one 
year.  Said  penalty  may  be  increased  from  time  to  time  as  the 
interests  of  the  district  may  require.  The  said  bond,  after 
being  approved  by  the  board  of  county  commissioners,  shall  be 
filed  with  the  county  treasurer,  and  it  is  hereby  made  unlawful 
for  the  county  treasurer  to  pay  over  any  sums  of  money  out  of 
the  school  fund  to  any  district  treasurer  until  such  bond  shall 
have  been  approved  and  filed  as  herein  provided,  and  in  case 
of  a  breach  in  the  conditions  of  said  bond,  suit  shall  be  brought 
thereon  by  the  board  of  county  commissioners  of  the  county 
in  which  the  district  is  situated,  for  the  benefit  of  said  district. 
[R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3945.] 

Establishment  of  High  Schools. 

Sec.  1953.  The  county  superintendent  and  district  board 
of  directors  may  determine  whether  a  school  of  a  higher  grade 
shall  be  established  in  the  district,  the  number  of  teachers  to 
be  employed,  and  the  course  of  instruction  to  be  pursued 
therein,  until  the  meeting  of  the  teachers'  institute,  provided 
for  by  law,  at  which  time  the  institute  shall  determine  the 
studies  to  be  pursued  in  all  schools  of  like  grade. in  the  state; 
and  the  superintendent  of  public  instruction  shall  have  the 
same  power  to  carry  into  effect  the  determination  of  the  in- 
stitute, as  is  provided  in  other  cases ;  and  the  board  may  erect, 
for  the  purpose,  one  or  more  permanent  school  houses,  and 
shall  cause  such  classification  of  the  pupils  as  they  may  deem 
necessary;  but  in  selecting  the  site  for  such  school  house  or 
school  houses  the  permanent  interest  and  future  welfare  of 
the  people  of  the  entire  district  shall  be  consulted.  [R.  S.  1887, 
Sec.  3946.] 

Note. — This  refers  particularly  to  the  district  high  school,  and 
not  to  the  high  school  as  formed  in  accordance  with  S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67. 

Separate  School  for  Colored  Children. 

Sec.  1954.  When  there  are  fifteen  or  more  colored  chil- 
dren within  any  school  district,  the  board  of  directors  thereof, 
with  the  approval  of  the  county  superintendent  of  schools,  may 


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provide  a  separate  school  for  the  instruction  of  such  colored 
children.     [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3947.] 

Employment  and  Payment  of  Teachers. 

Sec.  1955.  The  district  board  shall  employ  all  teachers 
necessary  for  the  schools  of  the  district,  and  pay  them  by  draft 
on  the  treasurer.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3948.] 

Free  to  All  Children — Compulsory  Education. 

Sec.  1956.  The  public  schools  of  each  school  district  of 
the  state  shall  at  all  times  be  equally  free  and  accessible  to  all 
children  resident  therein  over  six  and  under  the  age  of  twenty- 
one  years,  subject  to  such  regulations  as  the  district  board  in 
each  district  may  prescribe.  Every  parent,  guardian  or  other 
person  in  this  state  having  control  or  charge  of  any  child  or 
children  between  the  ages  of  seven  and  fourteen  years,  in- 
clusive, shall  be  required  to  send  such  child  or  children  to  a 
public,  private  or  parochial  school,  or  to  two  or  more  of  these 
schools,  each  school  year,  during  the  entire  time  that  the  pub- 
lic school  shall  be  in  session  in  the  district  in  which  the  pupil 
resides.  Provided,  That  exceptions  may  be  made  in  the  fol- 
lowing cases:  (1)  Invalids  or  others  to  whom  the  school  room 
might  be  injurious,  may  upon  receipt  of  a  physician's  certifi- 
cate be  excused  by  the  district  board.  (2)  Pupils  to  whom 
the  provisions  of  this  act  might  work  a  hardship  may  be  ex- 
cused by  the  written  consent  of  the  district  board  when  a  re- 
quest stating  the  reason  for  such  excuse  is  presented  by  the 
parent  or  guardian  to  the  district  board.  (3)  Pupils  who  for 
legal  reasons  have  been  excluded  from  the  regular  schools  and 
no  provisions  made  for  the  schooling  of  such  children.  [S.  L. 
1909,  Ch.  31,  Sec.  1.] 

Duty  of  Officers — Truancy. 

Sec.  1957.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  sheriff  of  each 
county  and  of  every  deputy  sheriff  and  constable  within  their 
respective  precincts  and  of  any  truant  officer,  if  there  be  any, 
to  see  that  the  provisions  of  sections  1956,  1957  and  1958  are 
complied,  with,  and  when  from  personal  knowledge,  or  upon 
reports  or  complaints  of  any  resident  or  teacher  of  the  county, 
or  precinct,  or  district  under  his  supervision,  he  believes  that 
any  child  subject  to  the  provisions  of  said  sections  is  habitually 
tardy  or  absent  from  school,  he  shall  immediately  give  writ- 
ten notice  to  the  parent,  guardian  or  custodian  of  such  child 
that  the  attendance  of  such  child  at  school  is  required  by  law, 
and  if  within  five  days  after  such  notice  such  parent,  guardian 
or  custodian  does  not  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  act, 
then  such  officer  shall  make  and  file  complaint  against  such 


44  SCHOOL  LAWS   OF   WYOMING 

parent,  guardian  or  custodian  of  any  such  child  before  a  justice 
of  the  peace  of  the  proper  county,  or  the  district  court,  for  a 
violation  of  said  provisions.  Provided,  That  only  one  notice 
shall  be  required  as  to  any  child  in  any  one  year.  Any  such 
parent,  guardian  or  custodian  of  any  such  child  who  shall  vio- 
late the  provisions  of  said  sections,  and  after  receiving  such 
notice  as  aforesaid,  and  shall  fail  to  comply  with  the  provisions 
thereof,  shall  be  adjudged  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  upon 
conviction  thereof  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  five 
dollars  and  not  more  than  twenty-five  dollars  for  any  one  of- 
fense, to  which  may  be  added  in  the  discretion  of  the  court, 
imprisonment  in  the  county  jail  of  not  more  than  ninety  days 
for  any  offense  after  the  first.  Any  district  board  of  a  school 
district  in  which  there  is  located  a  city  or  town  of  more  than 
2,500  inhabitants,  may  appoint  a  regular  truant  officer  to  carry 
out  the  provisions  of  said  sections,  who  shall  be  paid  out  of  the 
district  treasury  such  sum  as  shall  be  provided  in  the  order  for 
his  appointment,  not  exceeding,  however,  the  sum  of  four  dol- 
lars for  each  day  of  actual  service.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  93,  Sec.  2.] 

Enumeration— Delinquent  Pupils. 

Sec.  1958.  On  the  first  day  of  school  in  each  school  dis- 
trict it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  clerk  thereof  to  furnish  to  the 
sheriff  or  constable  within  the  proper  precinct,  a  list  of  the 
names  of  children  of  compulsory  school  age  within  the  district 
who  are  enumerated  on  the  regular  enumeration  lists.  At  the 
close  of  the  first  week  of  school  in  such  district,  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  each  teacher  therein  to  send  to  the  county  superin- 
tendent of  schools  a  complete  list  of  pupils  attending  his  or  her 
school,  which  list  shall  be  immediately  forwarded  by  said 
county  superintendent  to  the  proper  sheriff,  deputy  sheriff, 
constable  or  truant  officer,  in  order  that  the  provisions  of  this 
and  the  two  preceding  sections  may  be  duly  .executed ;  and  it 
shall  be  the  further  duty  of  the  teacher,  or  principal,  if  there 
be  any,  when  a  pupil  has  been  absent  for  three  consecutive 
days,  for  which  absence  there  has  been,  in  the  teacher's  judg- 
ment, no  good  reason  assigned,  or  when  a  pupil  is  habitually 
absent  or  tardy,  to  make  written  report  to  the  truant  officer 
of  the  district  concerning  such  delinquency,  and  it  shall  then 
be  the  duty  of  said  officer  to  proceed  according  to  section 
1957.  [S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  31,  Sec.  2.] 

School  Offenses  Defined— Penalty. 

Sec.  1959.  Any  person  who  shall  use  insulting  and  abusive 
language  to  and  toward  any  teacher  in  or  about  any  public 
school  house,  or  who  shall  wilfully  disturb  any  public  school 
or  district  meeting,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor, 


SCHOOL  LAWS   OF   WYOMING  45 

and,  upon  conviction,  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than 
five  dollars,  and  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars. 

Any  person  who  shall  wilfully  break,  cut,  deface,  despoil, 
injure,  damage  or  destroy  any  school  property,  or  who  shall 
cut,  mark,  write  or  otherwise  place  or  put  on,  or  cause  to 
be  placed  or  put  upon,  any  school  property,  any  language  or 
pictures  or  figures  or  signs  of  an  obscene  character,  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and,  upon  conviction  thereof, 
shall  pay  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars,  nor  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars.  The  said  fines  shall  be  paid  into  the  treasury 
of  the  school  district  in  which  the  offense  was  committed.  [S. 
L.  1888,  Ch.  72,  Sub-Div.  2,  Sees.  1-2.] 

School  Week  and  Month  Denned. 

Sec.  1960.  Five  days  school  constitute  a  school  week,  and 
twenty  days  a  school  month;  and  it  shall  be  understood  that 
school  is  not  to  be  kept  in  operation  on  Saturdays  or  any  holi- 
day, but  if  a  holiday  fall  upon  a  day  which  would  otherwise 
be  a  school  day,  it  shall  be  counted  as  though  taught.  [S.  L. 
1909,  Ch.  159.] 

School  Officers  Shall  Not  Be  Agents  for  School  Supplies — 
Penalty. 

Sec.  1961.  Neither  the  state  superintendent,  or  any  per- 
son in  his  office,  nor  any  county  superintendent,  nor  school 
district  officer,  nor  any  officer  or  teacher  connected  with  any 
public  school,  shall  act  as  agent  or  solicitor  for  the  sale  of  any 
school  books,  maps,  charts,  school  library  books,  school  fur- 
niture, apparatus  or  stationery,  or  furnish  any  assistance  to, 
or  receive  any  reward  therefor,  from  any  author,  publisher, 
bookseller  or  dealer,  doing  the  same.  Every  person  violating 
this  section  shall  forfeit  not  less  than  fifty  nor  more  than  two 
hundred  dollars  for  each  offense,  and  be  liable  to  removal  from 
office  therefor.  [S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  72,  Sub-Div.  3,  Sec.  2.] 

State  Treasurer  Shall  Keep  School  Fund. 

Sec.  1962.  The  state  treasurer  shall  keep  a  separate  fund 
to  be  known  as  the  "school  fund,"  and  all  moneys  appropri- 
ated for  school  purposes  shall  be  kept  in  such  fund.  [S.  L. 
1888,  Ch.  72,  Sub-Div.  3,  Sec.  3.] 

Discrimination  on  Account  of  Sex  or  Religious  Belief 
Prohibited. 

Sec.  1965.  In  the  employment  of  teachers  in  the  public 
schools  in  this  state,  no  discrimination  shall  be  made  in  the 
question  of  pay  on  account  of  sex,  nor  on  account  of  the  re- 
ligious belief  of  the  applicant  for  the  position  of  teacher,  when 


46  SCHOOL  LAWS   OF   WYOMING 

the  persons  are  equally  qualified,  and  the  labor  is  the  same. 
[S.  L.  1890-91,  Ch.  21.] 

Examinations  Required. 

Sec.  1966.  No  certificate  shall  be  granted  hereafter  to  any 
person  to  teach  in  the  schools  of  Wyoming,  who  shall  not  pass 
a  satisfactory  examination  in  physiology  and  hygiene,  with 
special  reference  to  the  effects  of  alcoholic  drinks,  stimulants 
and  narcotics  upon  the  human  system.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3972.] 

Note. — This  is  interpreted  not  to  apply  to  those  who  have  shown 
that  efficiency  to  render  them  eligible  to  secure  certificates  without  ex- 
amination. 

Teacher's  Report. 

Sec.,  1967.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  teacher  of  every 
district  school,  or  graded  school,  to  make  out  and  file  with 
the  district  clerk,  at  the  expiration  of  each  term  of  the  school, 
a  full  report  of  the  whole  number  of  scholars  admitted  to  the 
school  during  such  term,  distinguishing  between  male  and  fe- 
male, the  names  of  such  scholars,  the  number  of  days  each 
scholar  attended  the  same,  the  aggregate  number  of  days  of  at- 
tendance of  said  schools,  the  text-books  used,  the  branches 
taught  and  the  number  of  pupils  engaged  in  the  study  of  each 
of  said  branches.  Any  teacher  who  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to 
comply  with  the  requirements  of  this  section,  shall  forfeit  his 
or  her  wages  for  teaching  such  school,  at  the  discretion  of  the 
district  board.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3973.] 

Refusal  to  Deliver  Records  to  Successor — Penalty. 

Sec.  1968.  Every  school  district  clerk,  or  treasurer,  who 
shall  neglect  ^  or  refuse  to  deliver  to  their  successors  in  office, 
all  records  and  books,  belonging  severally  to  their  offices,  shall 
be  subject  to  a  fine  not  exceeding  five  hundred  dollars.  [R.  S. 
1887,  Sec.  3974.] 

Employment  of  Counsel. 

Sec.  1969.  In  all  cases  where  suits  may  be  instituted  by, 
or  against,  any  of  the  school  officers  contemplated  or  created 
by  law,  tof  enforce  any  of  the  provisions  herein  contained, 
counsel  may  be  employed,  if  necessary,  by  the  officer  insti- 
tuting the  suit,  and  the  expense  of  the  suit  shall  be  borne  by 
the  district,  county  or  state  in  whose  name,  or  against  whom, 
the  same  may  be  instituted.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3975.] 

Collection  and  Disposition  of  Fines. 

Sec.  1970.  All  fines,  penalties  and  forfeitures  provided 
by  the  school  laws  may  be  recovered  by  action  in  the  name  of 
the  people  of  the  state  of  Wyoming,  for  the  use  of  the  proper 


SCHOOL   LAWS   OF   WYOMING  47 

school  district  or  county,  and  when  they  accrue,  belong  to  the 
respective  districts  or  counties  in  which  the  same  may  be  ac- 
crued ;  and  the  treasurer  of  such  districts,  and  the  county  com- 
missioners of  such  counties  are  hereby  authorized  to  receive 
and  apply  the  proceeds  of  such  forfeiture  as  the  interest  of  the 
permanent  fund  is  now,  or  may  hereafter  be,  applied.  [R.  S. 
1887,  Sec.  3976.] 

Officer  Failing  to  Pay  Over  Money — Penalty. 

Sec.  1971.  Any  officer  or  person  collecting  or  receiving 
any  fines,  forfeitures  or  other  moneys  and  refusing  and  fail- 
ing to  pay  over  the  same  as  required  by  law,  shall  forfeit 
double  the  amount  so  withheld,  and  interest  thereon  at  the  rate 
of  five  per  cent,  per  month  during  the  time  of  so  withholding 
the  same.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3977.] 

Effect  of  Change  in  County  Boundaries  on  School  Districts. 

Sec.  1972.  If  by  any  act  of  the  state  legislature  changing 
the  boundary  line*  or  lines  of  any  county  or  counties,  or  form- 
ing new  counties  from  counties  already  formed,  any  legally 
organized  school  district  is  or  has  been  separated  from  the 
county  to  which  it  then  belonged  and  is  or  has  been  joined  to 
another  county,  the  members  of  the  school  board  of  such 
school  district  so  separated  from  one  county  and  joined  to  an- 
other county,  shall  hold  their  respective  offices  until  the  next 
annual  school  election  following  said  change  in  county  boun- 
daries ;  and  until  such  annual  school  election  said  school  board 
may  draw  the  public  school  funds  for  paying  teachers,  or  other 
necessary  legal  school  expenses  from  the  school  teasury  of 
the  county  to  which  said  school  district  formerly  belonged, 
and  in  the  same  way  and  manner  as  said  board  would  have 
drawn  and  expended  said  public  moneys  had  no  change  in 
county  boundaries  been  made.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3978.] 

State  Treasurer  Authorized  to  Receive  Donations  for  Schools. 

Sec.  1973.  Whenever  the  state  of  Wyoming  shall  be  en- 
titled to  receive  any  moneys  or  funds  from  the  United  States 
of  America,  or  from  any  other  source  or  authority,  to  be  ex- 
pended for  the  benefit  of  the  public  schools  of  the  state,  or 
held  or  in  any  manner  applied  for  their  benefit,  the  state  treas- 
urer is  hereby  authorized  to  receive  and  receipt  for  such 
moneys  or  funds,  and  to  make  such  application  and  use  of  the 
same  as  may  be  required  by  law.  Should  such  moneys  or 
funds  be  donated  to  the  state,  and  should  the  act  of  donation 
require  such  moneys  or  funds  to  be  applied  or  held,  or  used  in 
a  particular  manner,  they  shall  be  so  applied.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec. 
3981.] 


48  SCHOOL  LAWS   OF   WYOMING 

Liability  of  Treasurer  for  School  Money. 

Sec.  1974.  The  state  treasurer  shall  faithfully  account 
for  all  moneys  or  funds  received  pursuant  to  the  foregoing 
section,  and  he  and  his  sureties  upon  his  official  bond  shall  be 
liable  for  any  failure  to  so  account  for  such  moneys  or  funds. 
[R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3982.] 

School  Board  May  Establish  Manual  Training  Schools. 

Sec.  1975.  The  school  board  of  any  district  in  the  state 
shall  have  power  to  establish  and  locate  industrial  and  manual 
training  schools  in  connection  with  the  public  schools  of  said 
district,  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  88.] 

Humane  Treatment  of  Animals  Taught. 

Sec.  1976.  There  shall  be  taught  in  the  public  schools  of 
Wyoming,  in  addition  to  the  other  branches  of  study  now 
prescribed,  a  system  of  humane  treatment  of  animals,  as  em- 
bodied in  the  laws  of  Wyoming;  such  instruction  to  consist 
of  not  less  than  two  lessons  of  ten  minutes  each  per  week. 
The  principal  or  teacher  of  every  school  shall  certify  in  his  or 
her  reports  that  such  instruction  has  been  given  in  the  school 
under  his  or  her  control.  [S.  L.  1901,  Ch.  8.] 


DISTRICT  OFFICERS  AND  THEIR  DUTIES. 

Director  to  Preside  at  Meetings  and  Countersign  Orders. 

Sec.  1977.  The  director,  when  present,  shall  preside  at 
all  meetings  of  the  board  of  the  district,  and  countersign  all 
orders  on  the  treasury  for  the  payment  of  money.  [R.  S.  1887, 
Sec.  3951.] 

How  Drafts  and  Orders  Drawn. 

Sec.  1978.  All  drafts  and  orders  drawn  on  the  district 
treasurer,  as  required  in  the  foregoing  section,  shall  specify 
the  funds  on  which  they  are  drawn,  and  the  use  for  which 
the  money  is  designated,  and  shall  be  signed  by  the  district 
clerk.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3952.] 

By  Whom  District  to  Appear  in  Actions. 

Sec.  1979.  The  director  shall  appear  in  behalf  of  his  dis- 
trict in  all  suits  brought  by  or  against  the  same;  but  when 
he  is  individually  a  party,  this  duty  shall  be  performed  by  the 
clerk.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3953.]  , 

Duties  of  Clerk. 

Sec.  1980.  The  clerk  shall  record  all  the  proceedings  of 
the  board  and  of  the  district  meetings  in  books  to  be  kept  for 


SCHOOL   LAWS  OF   WYOMING  49 

that  purpose,  and  report  in  writing  to  the  county  superintend- 
ent of  schools  the  name  of  the  director  and  treasurer  imme- 
diately after  they  are  chosen  or  elected,  and  he  shall  preserve 
copies  of  all  reports  made  to  the  county  superintendent,  and 
shall  file  all  papers  transmitted  to  him,  by  school  officers  or 
other  persons,  pertaining  to  the  business  of  the  district,  and 
shall  sign  all  drafts,  warrants  and  orders  drawn  by  him.  [S. 
L.  1890,  Ch.  77,  Sec.  4.] 

Clerk  to  Certify  Debt  Limit. 

Sec.  1981.  The  clerk  of  each  school  district  of  each  county 
shall  endorse  a  certificate  upon  every  bond  or  evidence  of  debt 
issued  pursuant  to  law,  that  the  same  is  within  the  lawful 
debt  limit  of  such  school  district,  and  is  issued  according  to 
law.  He  shall  sign  such  certificate  in  his  official  character. 
[S.  L.  1890-91,  Ch.  43,  Sec.  2.] 

Clerks  Shall  Keep  Accounts. 

Sec.  1982.  The  district  clerk  shall  keep  an  accurate  ac- 
count of  all  the  expenses  incurred  by  the  district,  and  shall 
present  the  same  to  the  district  board,  to  be  audited  and  paid 
as  herein  provided,  out  of  the  school  fund.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec. 
3955.] 

Notice  of  District  Meetings. 

Sec.  1983.  The  district  clerk  shall  give  ten  days  previous 
notice  of  all  regular  and  special  meetings  of  the  district,  herein 
authorized,  by  posting  up  a  written  notice  in  three  different 
places  therein,  and  shall  furnish  a  copy  of  the  same  to  the 
teachers  of  each  school  in  the  district,  to  be  read  once  in  the 
presence  of  the  pupils  thereof.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3956.] 

Duty— District  Clerk. 

Sec.  1984.  The  district  clerk  shall  immediately  after  the 
annual  school  meeting  and  not  later  than  the  fourth  Monday 
in  May  in  each  year,  submit  a  report  to  the  county  superin- 
tendent for  the  past  year  ending  April  30th  next  preceding. 

1.  Of  the  number  of  schools  taught  in  such  district,  the 
number  of  days  each  scholar  attended  the  same,  and  the  ag- 
gregate number  of  days  of  attendance  of  said  school  respec- 
tively, as  certified  by  the  teachers  of  the  several  schools  of 
such  district. 

2.  The  number  of  schools  and  the  branches  taught  in 
each. 

3.  The  number  of  pupils  in  each  school,  and  of  each  sex, 

4.  The  number  of  teachers  employed  in  each  school  and 
the  average  compensation  of  each  per  month. 


50  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

5.  The  number  of  days  the  school  has  been  taught,  and 
by  whom. 

6.  The  average  cost  of  tuition  for  a  pupil,  per  month,  in 
each  school. 

7.  Books  used  in  each  school. 

8.  The  number  of  volumes  in  the  library  of  each  school. 

9.  The  aggregate  amount  paid  teachers  during  the  year, 
the  source  from  which  the  same  was  received,  and  the  amount 
of  teachers'  fund  in  the  hands  of  the  treasurer. 

10.  The  number  of  district  school  houses  and  the  cost 
of  each. 

11.  The  amount  raised  in  the  district  by  tax  for  the  erec- 
tion of  school  houses,  and  for  other  purposes  authorized  by 
law,  and  such  other  information  as  he  may  deem  useful.     [S. 
L.  1907,  Ch.  15,  Sec.  2.] 

Failure  to  Make  Report — Penalty. 

Sec.  1.  Should  the  clerk  fail  to  file  his  report,  as  above 
directed,  he  shall  forfeit  the  sum  of  twenty-five  dollars,  and 
shall  be  liable  to  make  good  on  his  official  bond,  all  loss  re- 
sulting to  the  district  for  such  failure,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  prosecuting  attorney  to  bring  suit  in  both  cases  upon 
complaint  by  the  county  superintendent  of  schools,  whose  duty 
it  shall  be  to  make  the  complaint. 

Sec.  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  passage.  [S.  L.  1913,  Ch.  92.] 

Note. — Local  authorities  may,  at  their  discretion,  require  this  bond. 

Duties  of  the  Treasurer — Publication  of  Report. 

Sec.  1986.  The  treasurer  shall  have  the  custody  of  all 
moneys  belonging  to  the  district,  and  shall  pay  out  the  same 
upon  the  order  of  the  clerk,  countersigned  by  the  director ;  and 
shall  keep  an  account  of  the  receipts  and  expenditures  thereof, 
in  a  book  provided  for  that  purpose.  He  shall  cause  to  be  pub- 
lished in  some  newspaper  of  general  circulation  in  the  county 
wherein  such  school  district  is  situate,  on  the  first  week  of 
July  in  each  year,  a  full  and  true  report  of  the  receipts  and 
disbursements  of  said  district  for  the  year  next  preceding  such 
report.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3959.] 

Teachers'  Fund. 

Sec.  1987.  The  moneys  for  the  payment  of  teachers  shall 
be  called  the  " teachers'  fund,"  and  the  treasurer  shall  keep 
distinct  and  separate  accounts  with  them;  and  no  warrant  for 
money  shall  be  paid  by  the  treasurer  which  does  not  specify 


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the  fund  on  which  it  is  drawn,  and  the  specific  use  to  which  it 
is  to  be  applied.     [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3960.] 

School  House  Fund. 

Sec.  1988.  The  school  house  fund  shall  consist  only  of 
taxes  collected  in  the  district ;  and  other  school  moneys  he- 
longing  to  the  district  shall  go  to  the  teachers'  fund,  and  shall 
be  applied  to  no  other  use  except  to  pay  the  wages  of  school 
teachers  in  the  district.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3961.] 

Treasurer  to  Receive  District  Money. 

Sec.  1989.  The  district  treasurer  shall  apply  for,  and  re- 
ceive all  money  apportioned  to  the  district,  by  the  county 
superintendent,  when  notified  of  said  apportionment.  [R.  S. 
1887,  Sec.  3962.] 

Treasurer  to  Render  Statement  on  Request. 

Sec.  1990.  The  district  treasurer  shall  render  a  statement 
of  the  finances  of  the  district  as  shown  by  the  records  of  his 
office,  at  any  time  when  required  by  the  district  board.  [R.  S. 
1887,  Sec.  3963.] 

Flag  to  Be  Displayed  on  School  House. 

Sec.  1991.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  trustees,  at  the  ex- 
pense of  such  district,  in  each  school  district  in  the  state  of 
Wyoming,  to  cause  the  American  flag  to  be  placed  in  a  proper 
and  suitable  manner  upon  each  sehool  house,  flag  staff  or 
tower,  in  such  respective  school  districts  in  the  state  of  Wyo- 
ming. And  they  shall  cause  said  flag  to  be  hoisted  upon  each 
of  said  school  house  or  school  houses,  flag  staff  or  tower,  in 
such  respective  districts,  during  the  time  when  school  shall  be 
in  session.  [S.  L.  1903,  Ch.  83,  Sec.  1.] 

Annual  Enumeration — Children. 

Sec.  1992.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  board  of  trustees  of 
each  school  district  in  this  state  to  cause  to  be  made  during 
the  month  of  April  in  each  year  a  full  and  true  enumeration 
of  all  children  of  school  age,  to-wit:  those  between  the  ages 
of  six  and  twenty-one  years,  in  their  respective  districts.  Such 
enumeration  shall  be  in  duplicate  and  in  such  form  as  may  be 
prescribed  by  the  state  superintendent  of  public  instruction, 
and  shall  set  forth  and  state  the  name,  age,  sex  and  residence 
of  each  child  enumerated,  and  the  same  shall  bear  a  certificate 
signed  by  all  or  a  majority  of  the  trustees  of  such  school  dis- 
trict to  the  effect  that  it  has  been  examined  by  the  board  of 
trustees  of  such  district  and  found  to  be  according  to  the  best 
judgment  and  belief  of  the  subscribers  a  full,  true  and  correct 
enumeration  of  all  the  children  of  school  age  in  their  district. 


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One  of  the  duplicate  copies  of  said  enumeration  shall  be  filed 
by  the  clerk  of  the  school  district  with  the  other  papers  and 
records  of  the  district  in  his  custody  and  the  other  shall  by  said 
clerk  be  transmitted  to  the  county  superintendent  of  schools 
of  his  county  on  or  before  the  fourth  Monday  of  May  in  each 
year.  [S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  41,  Sec.  1.] 

Employ  an  Enumerator. 

Sec.  1993.  The  board  of  trustees  of  each  district  shall,  if 
in  its  judgment  it  is  necessary  so  to  do,  have  power  to  employ 
a  suitable  person  or  persons  for  such  time  as  may  be  actually 
necessary  to  make  such  enumeration  for  such  district  and  re- 
turn the  same  to  the  said  board ;  such  person  so  employed  shall 
before  commencing  the  making  of  such  enumeration  take,  sub- 
scribe and  file  with  the  district  clerk  an  oath  in  writing  to  the 
effect  that  he  will  faithfully,  diligently,  truly  and  to  the  best  of 
his  skill  and  ability  perform  his  duty  as  such  enumerator.  [S. 
L.  1903,  Ch.  91,  Sec.  2.] 

False  Enumeration — Penalty. 

Sec.  1994.  Any  trustee  of  any  school  district  or  any  enu- 
merator employed  to  make  or  assist  in  making  the  enumera- 
tion for  any  district  who  shall  knowingly  and  wilfully  make 
any  false  enumeration  of  the  children  of  school  age  in  such 
district  or  who  shall  certify  to  the  correctness  and  truthfulness 
of  any  such  enumeration  knowing  the  same  to  be  false,  incor- 
rect and  untrue,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  on  con- 
viction thereof  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  dollars  or  be  imprisoned  in  the  county  jail 
not  less  than  ten  days  nor  more  than  thirty  days,  or  by  both 
such  fine  and  imprisonment,  at  the  discretion  of  the  court.  [S. 
L.  1903,  Ch.  91,  Sec.  3.] 

Failure  to  Enumerate — Penalty. 

Sec.  1995.  In  the  event  that  the  board  of  trustees  of  any 
school  district  should  fail,  neglect  or  refuse  to  make  or  cause 
to  be  made  such  enumerations  as  hereinbefore  provided  for 
in  the  event  that  the  clerk  of  any  district  shall  fail,  neglect  or 
refuse  to  transmit  to  the  county  superintenndent  of  schools  on 
or  before  the  fourth  Monday  in  May  of  each  year  the  duplicate 
copy  of  the  enumeration  of  his  district  as  hereinbefore  pro- 
vided, then  and  in  either  of  such  cases  it  is  hereby  made  the 
duty  of  the  county  superintendent  of  schools  to  cause  such 
enumeration  to  be  made  on  or  before  the  third  Monday  in  June 
following  at  the  expense  of  the  school  district,  and  to  that  end 
the  said  superintendent  shall  have  all  the  power  hereinbefore 
conferred  upon  the  board  of  trustees  for  that  purpose,  and  for 


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the  purpose  of  paying  the  expense  of  such  enumeration  the 
said  superintendent  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  issue 
to  the  person  making  such  enumeration  an  order  upon  such 
school  district  for  the  amount  due  such  person  and  upon  pre- 
sentation of  such  order  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  director  and 
clerk  of  such  district  to  issue  a  warrant  upon  the  treasurer 
of  the  district  for  such  amount.  Provided,  however,  That  in 
the  event  that  such  enumeration  shall  be  made  because  of  the 
failure,  neglect  or  refusal  of  the  clerk  of  the  district  to  transmit 
a  duplicate  copy  of  an  enumeration  which  had  been  made,  then 
and  in  such  case  the  said  clerk  shall  be  liable  to  his  school 
district  for  the  cost  and  expense  of  the  enumeration  made  by 
the  county  superintendent,  and  the  said  district  may,  by  an  ac- 
tion at  law  recover  of  and  from  such  defaulting  clerk  the  cost 
thereof,  together  with  costs  and  attorney's  fees.  Provided, 
further,  That  if  such  enumeration  by  the  county  superintend- 
ent be  rendered  necessary  because  of  the  neglect  or  failure  or 
default  of  any  members  of  the  board  of  trustees  in  the  per- 
formance of  the  duties  by  this  or  the  three  preceding  sections 
enjoined  upon  them,  then  and  in  such  case  such  defaulting 
members  shall  be  jointly  and  severally  liable  to  the  school 
district  for  such  cost  and  expense ;  and  the  same,  together  with 
costs  and  attorney's  fees,  may  be  recovered  by  the  district  in 
an  action  at  law  from  such  defaulting  members  of  the  board. 
[S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  41,  Sec.  2.] 

County  Superintendents — Duty — Report. 

Sec.  1996.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  county  superintend- 
ent of  schools  to  compile  the  said  reports  of  the  enumeration 
of  children  of  school  age  in  the  several  school  districts  of  his 
county  reported  to  him  as  hereinbefore  provided  and  there- 
from to  ascertain  and  determine  the  number  of  children  of 
school  age  in  his  county,  and  at  the  time  of  making  his  annual 
report  to  the  state  superintendent  of  public  instruction  he  shall 
include  in  such  report  a  statement  of  the  number  of  children  of 
school  age  in  his  county  as  shown  by  such  enumeration.  [S. 
L.  1903,  Ch.  91,  Sec.  5.] 

Distribution  of  State  School  Funds. 

Sec.  1997.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  county  superintend- 
ent of  schools  in  distributing  to  the  several  school  districts 
of  his  county  the  funds  or  moneys  apportioned  and  distrib- 
uted to  his  county  for  school  purposes  by  the  state  superin- 
tendent of  public  instruction.  Provided,  however,  That  no  por- 
tion of  the  funds  apportioned  to  any  county  by  the  state  super- 
intendent of  public  instruction  for  school  purposes  shall  be 


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apportioned  by  the  county  superintendent  of  schools  to  any 
district  for  the  year  in  which  a  school  has  not  been  maintained 
for  at  least  three  months.  [S.  L.  1903,  Ch.  91,  Sec.  6.] 


PUBLIC  KINDERGARTEN. 

Power  of  Trustees  to  Establish  Kindergarten. 

Sec.  1998.  The  board  of  trustees  of  any  school  district 
in  this  state  shall  have  power  to  establish  and  maintain  free 
kindergarten  schools  in  connection  with  the  public  schools 
of  their  district,  for  the  instruction  of  children  residing  in 
such  district  and  between  the  ages  of  four  and  six  years,  and 
shall  establish  •  such  courses  of  training,  study  and  discipline 
and  such  rules  and  regulations  for  the  government  of  such 
kindergarten  schools  as  said  board  may  deem  advisable;  Pro- 
vided, That  the  cost  of  establishing  and  maintaining  such  kin- 
dergarten schools  shall  be  paid  from  the  special  school  fund  of 
said  school  district,  and  the  gross  sum  to  be  so  expended  by  the 
said  board  for  such  kindergarten  schools  shall  be  annually 
fixed  and  determined  by  the  qualified  electors  of  such  district 
at  the  annual  meeting  of  such  electors.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  50, 
Sec.  1.] 

Shall  Be  Part  of  School  System— Teachers. 

Sec.  1999.  The  said  kindergarten  schools  shall  be  a  part 
of  the  public  school  system  and  governed  as  far  as  practicable 
in  the  same  manner  and  by  the  same  officers  as  is  now,  or  here- 
after may  be  provided  by  law,  for  the  government  of  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  this  state;  Provided,  however,  That  teachers 
of  the  kindergarten  schools  shall  be  the  holders  of  certificates 
or  diplomas  from  some  reputable  institution  for  the  training  of 
kindergarten  teachers,  and  shall  pass  such  other  examination 
and  possess  such  other  qualifications  as  may  be  required  by  the 
board  of  trustees  of  the  district  employing  them.  [S.  L.  1895, 
Ch.  50,  Sec.  1.] 

Law  Not  Changed  in  Reference  to  Apportionment. 

Sec.  2000.  Nothing  in  this  chapter  shall  be  so  construed 
as  to,  in  any  manner,  change  the  law,  as  it  now  exists,  with  ref- 
erence to  the  taking  of  the  census  of  the  school  population, 
or  the  apportionment  of  the  state  and  county  school  funds 
among  the  several  counties  and  districts  in  this  state.  [S.  L. 
1895,  Ch.  50,  Sec.  1.] 

How  Carried  Into  Effect. 

Sec.  2001.  That  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  into  effect 
the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  quali- 


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fied  electors  of  any  school  district  in  the  state  at  the  annual 
meeting  held  under  the  provisions  of  existing  law,  to  vote 
such  sum  of  money  as  may  be  necessary  to  establish  and  main- 
tain such  kindergarten  schools,  during  the  school  year  next 
following  such  meeting,  such  sum  in  the  aggregate  not  to 
exceed  one  mill  upon  the  dollar  of  the  valuation  of  the  prop- 
erty in  the  district,  as  determined  by  the  next  preceding  an- 
nual assessment  thereof  for  the  purposes  of  taxation,  the  same 
to  be  certified,  levied,  collected  and  disbursed  in  the  same  man- 
ner as  is  now  provided  by  law  with  respect  to  the  special  school 
funds  of  the  several  school  districts  in  this  state.  [S.  L.  1895, 
Ch.  50,  Sec.  2.] 


FREE  TEXT  BOOKS. 

Text  Books  in  Public  Schools. 

Sec.  2002.  The  board  of  school  directors  in  city  or  county 
are  hereby  empowered,  and  it  is  made  their  duty,  to  purchase 
all  text-books  necessary  for  the  schools  of  such  city,  town  or 
district;  and  they  are  further  authorized  to  enter  into  con- 
tract, as  hereinafter  provided,  with  the  publishers  of  such 
books  for  a  period  of  years,  not  to  exceed  five;  Provided, 
That  the  contract  prices  of  such  books  shall  not  exceed  the 
lowest  price  then  granted  to  any  dealer,  state,  county,  town- 
ship, school  district,  or  other  individual  or  corporation  in  the 
United  States,  to  be  determined  as  hereinafter  provided;  and 
Provided,  further,  That  such  contract  shall  guarantee  to  such 
district  any  further  reduction  that  may  be  granted  elsewhere 
during  the  life  of  such  contract.  Said  boards  are  hereby  em- 
powered to  purchase,  as  a  book  of  reference  for  use  in  their 
schools,  the  History  of  Wyoming,  in  three  volumes,  of  which 
C.  G.  Coutant  is  the  author,  and  "The  Sabbath  as  an  American 
War  Day,"  in  one  volume,  of  which  W.  P.  Carroll  is  the  au- 
thor ;  Provided,  That  the  price  paid  for  the  said  work  shall  not 
exceed  the  price  paid  therefor  by  subscribers  generally.  Pro- 
vided, That  no  school  trustee  or  officer  of  the  district  shall  be 
interested  in  any  way,  directly  or  indirectly,  in  the  sale  of 
school  supplies  in  the  district  in  which  he  is  a  director.  [S. 
L.  1901,  Ch.  38.] 

Books — Paid  for  from  Public  School  Land  Income  Fund. 

Sec.  2004.  The  books  to  be  purchased  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  chapter  shall  be  paid  for  by  the  directors  of  the 
different  school  districts  of  the  state,  out  of  the  public  school 
land  income  fund,  when  the  same  shall  be  distributed  to  such 
districts  annually.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  29,  Sec.  11.] 


56  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

Books  Paid  for  by  Order  on  District  Treasurer. 

Sec.  2005.  For  the  purpose  of  paying  for  school  books, 
the  school  district  officers  may  draw  an  order  on  the  district 
treasurer  for  the  amount  of  school  books  ordered.  [S.  L.  1899, 
Ch.  29,  Sec.  3.] 

Orders — From  What  Funds  Paid. 

Sec.  2006.  The  district  treasurer  shall  pay  orders  drawn 
by  school  district  officers  for  the  purpose  of  school  books  out 
of  any  funds  in  his  hands  belonging  to  the  district,  except 
the. money  belonging  to  the  teachers'  fund.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch. 
29,  Sec.  4.] 

Publisher  Becoming  Member  of  Trust  Nullifies  Contract. 

Sec.  2007.  Any  contract  entered  into  under  the  provi- 
sions of  this  chapter  with  any  publisher  who  shall  hereafter  be- 
come a  party  to  any  combination  or  trust  for  the  purpose  of 
raising  the  price  of  school  text-books  shall,  at  the  wish  of  the 
school  board  of  the  district  using  such  books,  become  null  and 
void.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  29,  Sec.  5.] 

Attorney  General  Must  Investigate  Violation  of  Contracts. 

Sec.  2010.  Upon  the  filing  of  a  written  complaint  with 
the  state  superintendent  of  public  instruction  by  the  officers  of 
any  district  board,  charging  any  publisher  with  violating  the 
provisions  of  such  contract  as  hereinbefore  mentioned,  the 
attorney  general  is  hereby  instructed,  and  it  shall  be  his  duty, 
to  investigate  the  same,  and  if  he  finds  probable  cause  for 
action,  he  shall  immediately  begin  proceedings  in  the  name  of 
the  state  to  enforce  the  liability  on  the  bond  hereinbefore  men- 
tioned. [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  29,  Sec.  8.] 

Books  Property  of  District. 

Sec.  2011.  All  books  purchased  by  district  boards,  as 
hereinbefore  mentioned,  shall  be  held  as  the  property  of  the 
district  and  loaned  to  pupils  of  the  school  while  pursuing  a 
course  of  study  therein,  free  of  charge;  but  the  district  board 
shall  hold  such  pupils  responsible  for  any  damage  to,  loss  of,  or 
failure  to  return  such  books  at  the  time  and  to  the  person  that 
may  be  designated  by  the  board  of  such  district.  [S.  L.  1899, 
Ch.  29,  Sec.  9.] 

Pupils  May  Purchase  Books. 

Sec.  2012.  The  provisions  of  this  chapter  shall  include  all 
school  supplies;  Provided,  That  nothing  in  this  chapter  shall 
be  construed  to  prohibit  any  pupil  or  parent  from  purchasing 
from  the  board  such  books  as  may  be  necessary,  at  cost  to 
the  district;  Provided,  further,  That  the  board  may  designate 


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some  local  dealer  to  handle  books  for  the  district  with  such  an 
increase  above  contract  price  to  pay  cost  of  transportation  and 
handling,  as  may  be  agreed  upon  between  said  board  and  said 
dealer.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  29,  Sec.  10.] 


TEACHERS. 
Certification  of  Teachers 

NOTE. — See  Bulletin  No.   1   of  the  State  Board  of  Education,   re- 
lating to  Certification  of  Teachers. 

Certification  Division. 

33.  The  power  to  make  rules  and  regulations  pertaining 
to  the  certification  of  teachers,  excepting  insofar  as  is  herein 
provided  by  statute,  shall  be  vested  in  the  State  Board  of 
Education,  who  shall  create  a  Certification  Division  of  the  State 
Department  of  Education  and  appoint  the  chief  officer  of  this 
division  (who)  shall  be  a  person  of  high  professional  qualifica- 
tions and  of  broad  experience  in  educational  work,  and  shall  be 
held  responsible  for  the  work  of  his  division. 

Duties. — Examinations. — Credentials. 

34.  Provision  shall  be  made  for  two  methods  by  which 
certificates  may  be  obtained,  namely,  through  examination  and 
upon  credentials,  and  these  two  ways  of  obtaining  certificates 
shall  be  made  as  nearly  as  possible  of  equivalent  standards.    All 
forms  of  certificates  shall  be  issued  from  the  office  of  the  Com- 
missioner  of   Education,    upon   the    recommendation    of   this 
Division,  and  a  register  of  these  certificates  shall  be  kept  on 
file  at  .this  office.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Certification 
Division  to  prepare  and  recommend  to  the  State  Board  of 
Education  a  list  of  approved  institutions  whose  graduates  may 
receive  certificates  without  examination.     The  Division  shall 
also  provide  for  the  recognition  of  certificates  granted  in  other 
States.    All  certificates  shall  be  State  certificates  and  valid  in 
all  counties  of  the  State,  subject  to  registration,  as  provided 
by  law.    Examinations  shall  be  uniform  as  to  lists  of  questions, 
dates  of  holding,  and  rules  and  regulations  governing  these 
matters  in  the  various  counties.    The  county  superintendent  of 
schools  shall  cooperate  with  the  Certification  Division  in  ad- 
ministering all  examinations,  reporting  grades,  and  distributing 
certificates  in  their  respective  counties. 

Examinations . — Applications . — Fee. 

35.  The  Certification  Division  shall  determine  the  number 
of  examinations  to  be  given  each  year,  and  publish  announce- 


58  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

ments  for  the  year  at  least  six  months  in  advance  of  the  date 
of  the  first  examination  to  be  given  during  the  year,  but  the 
Certification  Division  may  provide  for  examinations  whenever 
deemed  advisable.  Certificates  granted  on  credentials  may  be 
applied  for  at  any  time,  such  application  to  be  made  through 
the  office  of  the  county  superintendent  of  schools  in  accordance 
with  such  rules  as  the  State  Department  may  prescribe.  Every 
applicant  for  a  certificate  to  be  granted  upon  examination, 
credentials,  or  renewal,  shall  pay  such  reasonable  fee,  as  may 
be  prescribed  by  the  State  Board  of  Education. 

Classes  of  Certificates. 

36.  The  State  Board  of  Education  through  its  Certifica- 
tion Division  shall  provide  for  the  following  classes  of  certifi- 
cates:     (1)    Elementary  City  School  Certificates;    (2)    Rural 
School  Certificates;  (3)  High  School  Certificates;  (4)  Admin- 
istrative Certificates;  (5)  Special  Certificates. 

Certificates  Registered  in  County. 

37.  All  certificates  must  annually  be  registered  at  the  of- 
fice of  the   county  superintendent   of  schools  in  the   county 
wherein  the  holder  shall  intend  to  teach  the  ensuing  year.    Be- 
fore such  certificate  can  be  registered  the  holder  of  each  must 
furnish  satisfactory  evidence  of  having  complied  with  the  rules 
and  regulations  of  the  State  Board  of  Education  with  refer- 
ence to  professional  study.    Failure  to  comply  with  the  regis- 
tration law  shall  invalidate  the  holder's  certificate,  and  such 
person  shall  not  be  entitled  to  receive  pay  for  teaching,  pro- 
vided, that  exception  to  this  regulation  may  be  permitted  by 
the  State  Board  of  Education  upon  the  written  application 
of  a  district  board. 

Certificates  Revoked. 

38.  The  State  Board  of  Education  through  the  Certifica- 
tion Division  shall  have  power  to  revoke  a  teacher's  certificate 
upon   evidence   of  gross  neglect  of   duty,   incompetency,   im- 
morality, or  other  reprehensible  conduct.    Such  evidence  must 
be  presented  in  written  charges  and  no  certificate  shall  be  re- 
voked without  a  personal  hearing  unless  the  holder  thereof 
shall  refuse  or  fail  to  appear  for  such  hearing. 

Certificate  Necessary  for  Compensation. 

Sec.  2020.  No  person  shall  teach  or  supervise  a  public 
school  in  the  state  of  Wyoming  and  receive  compensation  there- 
for out  of  any  public  fund  who  at  the  time  of  rendering  such 
services  is  not  a  holder  of  a  certificate  granted  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  chapter.  [S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  33,  Sec.  8.] 


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SCHOOL  DISTRICT  BONDS. 

Note. — School  trustees  are  urged  when  considering  the  issuance 
of  school  bonds,  to  consult  with  local  attorneys. 

Authority  to  Call  Election  to  Determine  Issue. 

Sec.  2028.  The  board  of  school  trustees  of  any  school 
district  may,  whenever  a  majority  thereof  so  decide,  submit  to 
the  electors  of  the  district  the  question  whether  the  board  shall 
be  authorized  to  issue  the  coupon  bonds  of  the  district  to  a 
certain  amount,  not  to  exceed  two  per  cent  of  the  taxable 
property  in  said  district,  and  bearing  a  certain  rate  of  interest, 
not  exceeding  six  per  cent  per  annum,  and  payable  and  re- 
deemable at  a  certain  time,  not  exceeding  twenty-five  years, 
for  the  purpose  of  building  one  or  more  school  houses  in  said 
district,  and  providing  the  same  with  necessary  furniture,  and 
funding  outstanding  indebtedness  evidenced  by  warrant  or 
otherwise,  against  said  district.  [S.  L.  1897,  Ch.  41.] . 

Bond  Election — Issue  of  Bonds. 

Sec.  2029.  Such  elections  must  be  held  in  the  manner 
prescribed  for  general  or  special  elections  in  school  districts, 
and  the  ballots  must  contain  the  words  "Bonds,  yes,"  or 
"Bonds,  no."  If  the  majority  of  the  votes  at  such  election 
are  "Bonds,  yes,"  the  board  of  trustees  must  issue  such  bonds 
in  such  form  as  the  board  may  direct;  they  must  bear  the 
signatures  of  the  president  of  the  board  of  trustees  and  be 
countersigned  by  the  clerk  of  the  school  district,  and  bear  the 
district  seal  and  be  countersigned  by  the  county  treasurer,  and 
the  coupon  attached  to  the  bonds  must  be  signed  by  the  presi- 
dent and  clerk  and  the  county  treasurer.  And  each  bond  so 
issued  must  be  registered  by  the  county  treasurer  in  a  book 
provided  for  that  purpose,  which  must  show  the  number  and 
amount  of  each  bond,  and  the  person  to  whom  the  same  is 
issued,  and  the  said  bonds  must  be  sold  by  the  said  school 
trustees,  as  provided  in  section  two  thousand  and  thirty.  [S.  L. 
1888,  Ch.  72,  Sec.  2.] 

Sale  of  Bonds — Application  of  Proceeds. 

Sec.  2030.  The  school  trustees  must  give  notice  in  some 
newspaper  of  general  circulation,  published  in  the  capital  of 
this  state,  and  also  in  some  newspaper  published  in  the  county 
in  which  said  school  district  is  located,  for  a  period  of  not  less 
than  four  weeks,  to  the  effect  that  the  said  school  trustees  will 
sell  said  bonds,  briefly  describing  the  same,  and  the  time  and 
place  where  such  sale  will  take  place ;  Provided,  That  the  said 
bonds  must  not  be  sold  for  less  than  their  par  value,  and  the 


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said  trustees  are  authorized  to  reject  any  bids,  and  to  sell  said 
bonds  at  private  sale,  if  they  deem  it  for  the  best  interests  of 
the  district ;  and  all  money  arising  from  the  sale  of  said  bonds 
must  be  paid  forthwith  into  the  treasury  of  the  county  in 
which  said  district  may  be  located,  to  the  credit  of  said  district, 
and  the  same  shall  be  immediately  available  for  the  purpose  of 
building  or  providing  the  school  house,  or  school  houses,  au- 
thorized by  this  chapter.  [S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  72,  Sec.  3.] 

Pledge  for  Payment. 

Sec.  2031.  The  faith  of  each  school  district  is  solemnly 
pledged  for  the  payment  of  the  interest,  and  the  redemption 
of  the  principal  of  all  bonds  which  are  issued  under  this  chap- 
ter. [S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  72,  Sec.  4.] 

Tax  Levy  to  Redeem  and  Pay  Interest. 

Sec.  2032.  The  board  of  county  commissioners  of  the 
proper  county  of  each  district  must  ascertain  and  levy  annual- 
ly, the  tax  necessary  to  pay  the  interest  as  it  becomes  due, 
and  a  sinking  fund  to  redeem  the  said  bonds  at  their  maturity ; 
and  said  tax  is  a  lien  upon  the  property  in  said  school  district, 
and  must  be  collected  in  the  same  manner  as  other  taxes  for 
school  purposes.  Said  tax  shall  be  known  as  "district  bond 
tax  of  school  district  No "  [S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  72,  Sec.  5.] 

Redemption. 

Sec.  2033.  When  the  sum  in  the  sinking  fund  equals  or 
exceeds  the  amount  of  any  bond  then  due,  the  county  treasurer 
shall  post  in  his  office,  a  notice  that  he  will,  within  thirty  days 
from  the  date  of  such  notice,  redeem  the  bonds  then  payable, 
giving  the  number  thereof,  and  the  preference  must  be  given 
to  the  oldest  issue ;  and  if,  at  the  expiration  of  the  said  thirty 
days  the  holder  or  holders  of  said  bonds  shall  fail  or  neglect 
to  present  the  same  for  payment,  interest  thereon  must  cease; 
but  the  treasurer  shall,  at  all  times  thereafter,  be  ready  to 
redeem  the  same  on  presentation,  and  when  any  bonds  are  so 
purchased  or  redeemed,  the  county  treasurer  must  cancel  the 
same  by  writing  across  the  face  of  each  bond  in  red  ink,  the 
word  "cancelled,"  and  the  date  of  such  cancellation.  The 
annual  interest  on  all  of  said  bonds  shall  be  payable  at  the 
office  of  the  treasurer  of  the  proper  county  on  the  first  and 
ten  succeeding  days  of  January  in  each  year.  [S.  L.  1888,  Ch. 
72,  Sec.  6.] 

Payment  of  Interest. 

Sec.  2034.  The  county  treasurer  may  pay  out  of  any 
moneys  belonging  to  a  school  district  tax  fund,  the  interest 
upon  any  bonds  issued  under  this  chapter  by  such  school  dis- 


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trict,  when  the  same  becomes  due,  upon  the  presentation  at  his 
office  of  the  proper  coupon,  which  must  show  the  amount  due, 
and  the  number  of  the  bond  to  which  it  belonged,  and  all 
coupons  so  paid,  must  be  reported  to  the  school  trustees  at 
their  first  regular  meeting  thereafter.  [S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  72. 
Sec.  7.] 

Preparation  of  Bonds. 

Sec.  2035.  The  school  trustees  of  any  district  shall  cause 
to  be  printed  or  lithographed  at  the  lowest  rates,  suitable 
bonds,  with  the  coupons  attached,  when  the  same  become 
necessary,  and  pay  therefor  out  of  any  moneys  in  their  treas- 
ury. [S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  72,  Sec.  8.] 

Penalty  for  Misapplication  of  Funds  by  Trustees. 

Sec.  2036.  If  any  of  the  school  trustees  fraudulently  fail 
or  refuse  to  pay  into  the  proper  county  treasury  the  money 
arising  from  the  sale  of  any  bonds  provided  for  by  this  chap- 
ter, they  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  felony,  and  upon  conviction 
thereof,  be  punished  by  imprisonment  in  the  state  penitentiary 
for  a  term  of  not  less  than  one  year,  nor  more  than  ten  years. 
[S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  72,  Sec.  9.] 

County  Treasurer  Shall  Have  Custody  of  Funds. 

Sec.  2037.  The  county  treasurer  of  such  county  shall  have 
the  custody  of  all  funds  realized  from  the  sale  of  said  bonds, 
until  the  same  are  drawn  out  by  the  order  of  the  board  of 
directors  of  said  districts.  [S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  72,  Sec.  10.] 

Additional  Bond  of  County  Treasurer. 

Sec.  2038.  The  board  of  trustees  of  said  district  shall 
require  the  said  county  treasurer  to  give  said  district  a  separ- 
ate bond  in  such  sum  as  said  board  may  deem  proper,  with  two 
or  more  sufficient  sureties,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  per- 
formance of  the  duties  required  of  him  by  this  chapter,  and 
the  faithful  accounting  for  the  moneys  deposited  with  him 
and  realized  from  the  sale  of  said  bonds,  as  herein  provided 
for,  and  such  bonds  shall  be  approved  by  said  board  and  shall 
be  and  remain  in  the  custody  of  said  board  of  trustees.  [S. 
L.  1888,  Ch.  72,  Sec.  11.] 


REFUNDING  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  BONDS. 

Power  of  Board  to  Issue  Refunding  Bonds. 

Sec.  2039.  The  board  of  directors  of  each  and  every 
school  district  in  the  state  of  Wyoming  are  hereby  authorized 
to  issue  refunding  bonds  of  such  school  district,  for  the  purpose 


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of  taking  up  outstanding  bonds  of  such  school  district,  for 
any  sum  not  exceeding  the  amount  of  outstanding  bonds; 
Provided,  That  the  qualified  electors  of  any  school  district 
shall  so  elect  and  determine  at  any  regular  meeting,  or  at  any 
special  meeting,  held  for  such  purpose.  [S.  L.  1893,  Ch.  10, 
Sec.  1.] 

Form  of  Bond,  Time  and  Interest. 

Sec.  2040.  Said  bonds  shall  be  issued  in  sums  of  not  less 
th*an  one  hundred  dollars,  and  shall  be  reedemed  by  the  school 
district  issuing  the  same  within  a  period  not  exceeding  thirty 
years,  and  not  less  than  five  years  from  the  date  of  issue,  and 
shall  bear  interest  at  a  rate  not  exceeding  six  per  centum  per 
annum,  on  each  dollar  of  their  face,  which  interest  shall  be 
payable  annually  or  semi-annually,  the  rate  of  interest  to  be 
determined  by  the  board  of  school  directors.  Such  bonds  shall 
be  numbered  from  one  upwards,  and  be  headed  "Refunding 

bonds  of  school  district  No ,  in  the  county  of , 

state  of  Wyoming";  and  before  being  issued  shall  be  registered 
by  the  treasurer  of  the  county  within  which  such  school  dis- 
trict is  situated.  [S.  L.  1893,  Ch.  10,  Sec.  2.] 

Registration  of  Bond. 

Sec.  2041.  The  county  treasurer  of  each  county  shall  keep 
a  book  in  which  shall  be  registered  all  such  bonds,  showing 
the  number  of  the  bond,  the  date  of  issue,  amount,  number  of 
coupons,  date  of  redemption,  date  of  registry  and  payment  of 
interest  on  such  bonds,  which  book  shall,  during  business 
hours,  be  open  for  inspection.  [S.  L.  1893,  Ch.  10,  Sec.  3.] 

By  Whom  Signed  and  Sale  Thereof. 

Sec.  2042.  All  bonds  so  issued  shall  be  signed  by  the 
presiding  officer  of  the  board  of  directors  of  such  school  dis- 
trict, countersigned  by  the  county  treasurer  of  the  county  in 
which  such  school  district  is  situated,  and  attested  by  the  clerk 
of  such  school  district,  with  the  seal  of  such  school  district 
attached;  and  none  of  such  bonds  shall  be  sold  for  less  than 
their  face  value,  and  shall  not  be  sold  until  thirty  days'  notice 
shall  have  been  given  in  some  newspaper  of  general  circulation 
in  the  state  of  Wyoming.  [S.  L.  1893,  Ch.  10,  Sec.  4.] 

Coupons — Where  Paid. 

Sec.  2043.  Said  bonds  shall  have  coupons  attached,  repre- 
senting the  interest  to  be  paid  each  year;  and  the  coupons 
representing  said  interest  shall  be  detached  from  the  bonds 
before  presentation  for  payment  of  the  interest  for  the  year 
corresponding  and  upon  payment  shall  be  forthwith  cancelled 


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by  the  county  treasurer,  by  writing  the  word  "cancelled" 
across  the  face  thereof.  The  interest  on  all  such  bonds  shall 
be  payable  at  the  office  of  the  county  treasurer  of  the  county 
in  which  such  school  district  issuing  such  bonds  is  situated, 
or  in  any  place  designated  by  the  board  of  school  directors  of 
such  school  district.  [S.  L.  1893,  Ch.  10,  Sec.  5.] 

Tax  to  Pay  Interest  and  Principal. 

Sec.  2044.  There  shall  be  annually  levied  by  the  board 
of  county  commissioners  of  the  county,  within  which  is  sit- 
uated any  school  district  issuing  any  such  bonds,  as  are  herein 
provided  for,  on  all  taxable  property  within  the  limits  of  said 
school  district,  a  tax  not  to  exceed  seven  mills  on  the  dollar 
of  valuation,  which  shall  be  known  as  the  "Refunding  bond 

fund  of  school  district "  Said  tax  shall  be  payable  only 

in  the  lawful  money  of  the  United  States,  and  shall  be  used 
to  pay  the  interest  and  principal  of  said  bonds,  and  for  no  other 
purpose,  and  said  tax  shall  be  collected  in  the  same  manner, 
and  at  the  same  time  as  the  county  taxes,  and  paid  into  the 
county  treasury  by  the  collector  of  taxes.  [S.  L.  1893,  Ch. 
10,  Sec.  6.] 

Duty  of  School  Directors  as  to  Redemption. 

Sec.  2045.  The  board  of  school  directors  of  any  school 
district,  which  may  issue  bonds,  as  provided  in  this  chapter, 
shall  each  year,  after  the  tenth  year,  retire  as  many  of  such 
bonds  as  can  be  redeemed,  with  the  amount  of  said  bond  fund 
at  the  time  in  the  hands  of  the  county  treasurer,  and  in  all  such 
cases,  such  bonds  shall  be  redeemed  by  the  payment  of  number 
one  first,  and  proceeding  continuously  upwards  with  those 
outstanding.  All  cancelled  bonds  shall  be  turned  over  to  the 
board  of  directors  at  such  times  as  they  may  direct.  [S.  L. 
1893,  Ch.  10,  Sec.  7.] 

Property  in  District  Pledged  for  Payment. 

Sec.  2046.  All  taxable  property  of  any  school  district 
issuing  bonds,  as  herein  provided  for,  at  the  time  of  issuing 
such  bonds,  shall  be  pledged  for  the  payment  of  the  principal 
and  interest  of  such  bonds  in  the  manner  herein  provided,  and 
it  shall  not  be  lawful  to  use  or  divert  any  portion  of  such  bond 
fund  for  any  purpose  whatever,  except  for  the  payment  of  such 
principal  and  interest.  [S.  L.  1893,  Ch.  10,  Sec.  8.] 

Duty  of  County  Treasurer. 

Sec.  2047.  The  county  treasurer  of  each  county  in  which 
any  school  district,  issuing  bonds  as  herein  provided  for,  is 
situated,  shall  have  custody  of  all  funds  realized  from  the  sale 


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of  such  bonds,  and  shall  pay  the  same  out  only  upon  the  return 
of  such  bonds,  for  the  redemption  of  which  the  refunding 
bonds,  for  the  issue  of  which  this  chapter  provides,  may  have 
been  issued.  Such  bonds  so  redeemed  shall  be  cancelled  by 
the  county  treasurer  and  turned  over  to  the  board  of  school 
directors  of  the  school  district  which  issued  said  redeemed 
bonds  at  such  time  as  they  may  direct.  It  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  county  treasurer  to  give  a  separate  bond  to  be  made  to 
such  school  district,  in  such  sum  and  with  such  sureties  as  the 
board  of  county  commissioners  of  the  county  may  deem  proper 
and  sufficient,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  accounting  of  the 
moneys  deposited  with  him  and  realized  from  the  sale  of  such 
bonds  as  are  herein  provided  for,  and  such  treasurer's  separate 
bond  shall  be  and  remain  in  the  custody  of  the  county  clerk  of 
the  county  in  which  such  school  district  is  situated.  [S.  L. 
1893,  Ch.  10,  Sec.  9.] 

Funds  Realized  from  Sale  of  Refunding  Bonds. 

Sec.  2048.  Whenever  any  school  district  shall  have  issued 
its  refunding  bonds,  and  the  funds  realized  from  the  sale 
of  such  refunding  bonds,  by  reason  of  such  bonds  selling  for 
more  than  their  par  value,  are  more  than  sufficient  to  redeem 
all  the  bonds,  to  redeem  which  said  refunding  bonds  were 
issued,  such  surplus  may  be  used :  First,  to  pay  all  the  expense 
of  issuing  and  disposing  of  said  refunding  bonds.  Second, 
any  surplus  still  remaining  shall  be  turned  by  the  county  treas- 
urer into  the  "Refunding  bond  fund"  of  such  school  district, 
and  used  for  the  purposes  for  which  such  fund  is  used  as  pro- 
vided in  section  two  thousand  and  forty-four.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch. 
10,  Sec.  1.] 

Balance  in  the  Hands  of  County  Treasurer — How  Used. 

Sec.  2049.  Whenever  any  school  district  shall  have  issued 
its  refunding  bonds  and  there  remains  in  the  hands  of  the 
county  treasurer  of  the  county  in  which  said  school  district 
is  situated,  any  moneys  belonging  to  the  funds  provided  by 
law  for  the  payment  of  the  principal  or  interest,  or  both,  of 
the  bonds  to  redeem  which  said  refunding  bonds  were  issued, 
said  money  may  be  used:  First,  to  pay  any  deficiency  in  the 
expenses  of  issuing  and  disposing  of  said  refunding  bonds  that 
cannot  be  paid  by  the  surplus  realized  from  the  sale  of  said 
refunding  bonds.  Second,  any  moneys  still  remaining  in  said 
fund  shall  be  turned  by  said  county  treasurer  into  the  "Re- 
funding bond  fund"  of  such  school  district  and  used  for  the 
purposes  for  which  such  fund  'is  used  as  provided  in  section 
two  thousand  and  forty-four.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  10,  Sec.  2.] 


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Surplus — How  Used. 

Sec.  2050.  The  county  treasurer  of  any  county  in  which 
is  situated  a  school  district  that  may  issue  refunding  bonds, 
is  hereby  authorized  and  required  to  pay  out  the  surplus  mon- 
eys derived  from  the  sale  of  any  such  refunding  bonds,  or 
the  surplus  moneys  remaining  in  the  old  fund  for  the  expenses 
incurred  by  such  school  district  in  issuing  and  disposing  of 
such  refunding  bonds  on  orders  of  the  school  board  of  such 
school  district,  which  orders  shall  state  on  their  face  that  the 
money  to  be  so  paid  was  a  legitimate  expense  incurred  in  the 
issue  and  sale  of  such  refunding  bonds.  When  all  of  such 
expense  has  been  paid  by  the  issue  of  such  orders  or  otherwise, 
the  board  of  directors  shall,  over  the  seal  of  said  district,  notify 
said  county  treasurer  of  the  fact  that  all  the  expense  incurred 
in  the  issue  and  sale  of  such  refunding  bonds  has  been  paid, 
whereupon  said  treasurer  shall  immediately  transfer  all  mon- 
eys remaining  in  his  hands  applicable  to  the  payment  of  in- 
terest or  principal  of  the  old  bonds  to  the  "Refunding  bond 
fund ' '  of  such  school  district ;  Provided,  however,  That  all  the 
bonds  to  redeem  which  said  refunding  bonds  were  issued  have 
already  been  paid.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  10,  Sec.  3.] 


HIGH  SCHOOL  DISTRICT. 

High  School  Districts. 

Sec.  2051.  That  for  the  purpose  of  affording  better  edu- 
cational facilities  for  pupils  more  advanced  than  the  studies 
provided  in  the  district  schools  existing  in  the  several  counties 
in  this  state,  and  in  addition  to  such  school  districts  as  are  now 
organized,  or  which  may  hereafter  be  formed  under  the  laws 
for  the  creation  and  formation  of  the  same,  there  may  be  organ- 
ized and  established  a  high  school  district  and  a  free  high 
school  therein  on  conditions  and  in  the  manner  hereinafter 
prescribed,  the  territorial  extent  of  which  may  embrace  any 
number  of  present  organized  and  constituted  school  districts, 
the  qualified  electors  of  which  may  vote  to  become  a  part  of 
such  high  school  district  and  participate  in  the  maintenance 
and  benefits  of  such  high  school  organization.  [S.  L.  1905, 
Ch.  67,  Sec.  1.] 

Body  Corporate. 

Sec.  2052.  Each  high  school  district  which  may  be  formed 
under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  is  hereby  declared  to  be  a 

body  corporate  by  the  name  and  style  of  " 

High  School,  State  of  Wyoming,"  and  in  that  name  it  may 


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hold  property  and  be  a  party  to  suits  and  contracts.     [S.  L. 
1907,  Ch.  57,  Sec.  1.] 

How  Formed. 

Sec.  2053.  Whenever  one  hundred  freeholders  in  any  ter- 
ritory sought  to  be  organized  into  a  high  school  district  under 
the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  a  portion  of  which  shall  be  free- 
holders of  each  school  district  intended  to  be  embraced  within 
such  high  school  district,  shall  petition  the  board  of  county 
commissioners  of  the  county  within  which  such  territory  is, 
requesting  the  organization  and  establishment  of  a  high  school 
district  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  defining  the  boun- 
daries thereof,  and  describing  the  lands  to  be  embraced  therein, 
by  townships  and  ranges  or  fractions  of  townships,  the  board 
shall,  at  their  first  meeting  thereafter,  give  twenty  days'  notice 
by  publication  in  the  official  paper  of  said  county  that  the 
question  of  the  creation  of  such  high  school  district  will  be 
submitted  to  the  electors  of  the  territory  so  to  be  embraced  in 
such  high  school  district  at  a  designated  time,  not  to  exceed 
thirty  days  from  the  expiration  of  the  said  twenty  days '  notice, 
whether  such  high  school  district  shall  be  created  and  estab- 
lished. In  addition  to  said  notice,  the  trustees  in  the  several 
school  districts  embraced  within  such  territory  thus  to  be 
organized  into  such  high  school  district,  shall  be  notified  by 
such  board  of  county  commissioners  of  the  holding  of  said 
election  immediately  after  the  first  publication  of  the  notice 
provided  for  in  this  section.  And  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said 
school  trustees  to  post  a  copy  of  said  published  notice  on  the 
front  door  of  each  school  house  in  their  said  respective  districts 
of  such  impending  election.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec.  34.] 

Election — Called  by  County  Commissioners. 

Sec.  2054.  Such  election  shall  be  conducted  in  all  respects 
the  same  as  the  election  for  school  trustees,  except  that  the 
said  board  of  county  commissioners  shall  call  the  election  and 
that  there  shall  be  no  registration  of  voters  required  or  printed 
ballots  furnished.  Each  school  district  to  constitute  a  part  of 
such  high  school  district,  shall  constitute  a  voting  precinct  for 
the  purpose  of  this  chapter.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec.  4.] 

Failure  Trustees  to  Open  Election. 

Sec.  2055.  If  for  any  reason  the  trustees  of  any  such 
school  district  fail  to  open  such  election  in  the  manner  pro- 
vided, then  and  in  such  event  the  qualified  electors  of  such 
school  district  assembled  at  the  time  and  place  for  holding 
such  election  shall  organize  by  appointing  a  chairman  and 


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secretary,  who  shall  act  as  judges  of  such  election.      [S.  L. 
1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec.  5.] 

Judges  of  Election. 

Sec.  2056.  In  school  districts  having  six  trustees,  three 
of  their  number  shall  be  designated  by  them  to  act  as  judges 
of  such  election,  Jmt  if  for  any  reason  they  do  not  appear,  the 
qualified  electors  of  such  school  district  there  assembled  may 
proceed  to  elect  three  persons  having  the  qualifications  of 
electors  to  act  as  judges  thereat.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec.  6.] 

Election  by  Ballot. 

Sec.  2057.  Said  election  shall  be  by  ballot  either  written 
or  printed  and  none  but  qualified  electors  of  such  school  dis- 
trict shall  be  permitted  to  vote  thereat.  And  the  name  of  each 
person  voting  shall  be  recorded  by  the  judges  certified  as  such 
and  return  thereof  made  with  the  ballots  as  hereinafter  pro- 
vided. Those  in  favor  of  the  creation  and  organization  of  the 
high  school  district  shall  write  or  print  on  their  ballots  "For 
high  school  district."  Those  opposed  to  the  creation  and  or- 
ganization of  the  high  school  district  shall  write  or  print  on 
their  ballots,  "Opposed  to  high  school  district."  [S.  L.  1905, 
Ch.  67,  Sec.  7.] 

Canvass. 

Sec.  2058.  After  the  election  the  ballots  on  said  question 
shall  be  canvassed  in  the  same  manner  as  for  school  trustees, 
except  that  the  judges  of  such  election  in  the  different  pre- 
cincts shall  forward  the  returns  by  registered  mail  to  the 
county  clerk  of  the  county  to  be  canvassed  and  the  result  to  be 
determined  by  the  board  of  county  commissioners.  The  work 
of  canvassing  the  returns  shall  be  expeditiously  done,  and  if 
for  any  reason  delay  should  occur  in  forwarding  the  returns 
from  the  different  precincts  or  from  any  of  them,  the  board  of 
county '  commissioners  shall  see  that  the  delayed  returns  are 
promptly  obtained.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec.  8.] 

When  Created — Appointment  First  Trustees. 

Sec.  2059.  When  the  returns  of  such  election  shall  have 
been  received  by  the  county  clerk,  the  board  of  county  com- 
missioners shall  proceed  without  delay  to  canvass  the  same, 
and  determine  and  declare  the  result  of  such  election,  and 
enter  the  same  upon  their  minutes.  Such  high  school  district 
shall  be  created,  and  said  board  of  county  commissioners  shall 
declare  the  same  to  be  composed  of  all  precincts  wherein  a 
majority  vote  has  been  in  favor  of  said  proposition.  The  board 
of  county  commissioners  shall  give  notice  of  the  result  of  the 


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election,  naming  the  territory  embraced  in  such  created  high 
school  district,  as  shown  by  the  election  and  as  provided  in 
this  section,  and  thereupon  such  territory  shall  at  once  be 
created  and  constitute  such  high  school  district.  The  board 
of  county  commissioners  shall  thereafter,  by  order  duly  en- 
tered, promptly  proceed  to  appoint  six  persons  possessing  qual- 
ifications of  electors  within  the  described  territory  and  tax- 
payers thereof,  who  shall,  with  the  county  superintendent  as 
ex  officio  member  thereof,  constitute  a  board  of  trustees  of 
said  high  school  district.  Each  of  such  trustees  so  appointed 
shall  hold  office  until  the  first  Monday  in  May  next  following 
his  appointment,  and  until  his  successor  is  elected  and  quali- 
fied and  shall  within  ten  days  of  his  appointment  qualify  by 
taking  the  oath  required  of  county  officers,  and  giving  bond 
as  may  be  required  by  the  county  commissioners  for  the  faith- 
ful discharge  of  his  duties,  whereupon  said  high  school  dis- 
trict shall  become  fully  organized.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  57,  Sec.  2.] 

Election  of  Trustees— Time. 

Sec.  2060.  The  election  of  high  school  district  trustees 
shall  be  held  at  the  same  time  and  place  and  in  the  same  manner 
as  trustees  of  other  school  districts  except  that  in  high  school 
district  elections  the  returns  shall  be  made  to  the  county  clerk 
of  the  county,  and  the  same  canvassed,  the  result  determined 
and  declared  by  the  board  of  county  commissioners  as  in  the 
organization  of  a  high  school  district.  The  acting  and  quali- 
fied trustees  of  such  high  school  district  may,  until  otherwise 
provided  by  law,  make  rules  and  regulations  to  secure  uni- 
formity in  the  nomination  of  candidates  for  such  trustees ; 
Provided,  however,  That  no  such  rules  and  regulations  shall 
abridge  the  right  of  qualified  voters  to  vote  for  any  candidate 
they  may  desire  for  such  trustee.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  57,  Sec.  3.] 

Trustees — Terms . 

Sec.  2061.  There  shall  be  elected  in  each  high  school  dis- 
trict at  the  regular  annual  school  election  on  the  first  Monday 
in  May  of  each  year,  in  the  same  manner  as  provided  by  law 
for  the  election  of  trustees  for  school  districts,  except  as  pro- 
vided in  the  preceding  section,  three  trustees  for  such  high 
school  district,  who  shall  hold  office  for  a  term  of  two  years 
and  until  their  successors  are  elected  and  qualified.  On  the 
next  succeeding  first  Monday  in  May  after  the  establishment 
of  a  high  school  district  there  shall  be  elected  in  said  district 
six  trustees,  who  shall  be  divided  into  two  classes  of  three 
each.  The  term  of  those  in  the  first  class  shall  expire  one 
year  from  the  first  Monday  in  May  following  their  election, 


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and  the  term  of  those  in  the  second  class  shall  expire  two  years 
from  the  first  Monday  in  May  following  their  election.  When 
a  vacancy  occurs  in  the  office  of  trustees  in  said  district  by 
death,  resignation,  removal  from  the  district  or  otherwise,  the 
fact  of  said  vacancy  shall  be  immediately  certified  by  the  secre- 
tary, and  such  vacancy  shall  be  filled  by  appointment  by  said 
board  of  trustees  until  the  next  annual  election,  at  which  time 
such  vacancy  shall  be  filled  by  election.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67, 
Sec.  11.] 

Quorum. 

Sec.  2062.  A  majority  of  such  board  of  trustees  shall 
constitute  a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of  all  business,  but 
four  votes  shall  be  required  to  decide  any  question.  [S.  L. 
1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec.  12.] 

Where  Located. 

Sec.  2063.  The  high  school  in  said  district  shall  be  located 
at  the  county  seat  of  government  whenever  said  county  seat 
is  within  the  territory  constituting  such  district,  and  a  high 
school  may  be  located  in  any  other  district  selected  by  the 
electors  of  said  district.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec.  13;  S.  L. 
1907,  Ch.  57,  Sec.  4.] 

Powers  of  Board — Officers. 

Sec.  2064.  At  their  first  meeting  in  each  year  the  trustees 
shall  choose  from  their  number  a  president  and  a  secretary, 
who  shall  hold  office  for  one  year  or  until  their  successors  are 
chosen  and  qualified.  The  county  treasurer  of  the  county 
wherein  such  high  school  district  is,  shall  be  the  custodian  of 
all  funds  available  for  such  school  purposes,  under  the  provi- 
sions of  this  chapter.  Payment  shall  be  made  by  said  treas- 
urer upon  warrants,  drawn  against  said  funds  duly  signed  by 
the  president  and  secretary.  The  trustees  shall  have  author- 
ity to  make  all  necessary  rules  for  the  government  of  said  high 
school  not  inconsistent  with  law,  and  shall  possess  all  powers 
which  may  be  delegated  to  the  board  of  trustees  in  other 
school  districts,  at  the  annual  meetings  thereof.  Such  high 
school  districts  shall  be  recognized  as  one  of  the  regular  consti- 
tuted school  districts  of  the  county,  and  shall  be  entitled  to  and 
shall  receive  all  the  rights  and  benefits  as  such.  [S.  L.  1905, 
Ch.  67,  Sec.  14.] 

Tax  Levy — Bonds. 

Sec.  2065.  At  the  first  meeting  of  the  board  of  trustees 
after  any  election  in  each  year,  or  at  any  appropriate  time,  the 
said  trustees  shall  make  an  estimate  of  the  amount  of  funds 


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needed  for  building  purposes,  for  the  payment  of  teachers' 
wages  and  for  the  payment  of  contingent  expenses,  and  they 
shall  present  to  the  board  of  county  commissioners  a  certified 
estimate  of  the  tax  required  to  raise  the  amount  desired  for 
such  purpose.  But  in  no  case  shall  the  tax  for  such  purpose 
exceed  in  any  one  year  the  amount  of  ten  mills  on  the  dollar 
on  all  taxable  property  in  said  district,  and  when  the  tax  is 
levied  for  the  payment  of  teachers'  wages  and  contingent  ex- 
penses only,  it  shall  not  exceed  two  mills  on  the  dollar. 

Provided,  That  said  trustees  may,  if  in  their  judgment 
they  think  best,  bond  said  district  for  the  purpose  of  raising 
money  necessary  to  build,  equip  a  high  school  in  said  district, 
and  to  purchase  a  suitable  site  therefor.  But  no  bonds  shall 
ever  be  issued  to  pay  teachers'  salaries,  or  for  the  general 
expenses  in  maintaining  said  school,  or,  further,  that  no  bonds 
shall  be  issued,  by  such  district  beyond  the  united  bonding 
capability  of  the  territory  embraced  within  such  district,  tak- 
ing into  consideration  existing  obligations  thereof  at  the  time 
of  the  creation  of  such  high  school  district,  nor  shall  the 
issuance  of  any  such  bonds  impair  any  outstanding  obligations 
of  any  portion  of  the  territory  embraced  within  such  high 
school  district.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec.  15.] 

Submission  of  Bonding  Question  to  Electors. 

Sec.  2066.  The  board  of  trustees  of  the  high  school  dis- 
trict, whenever  a  majority  of  the  board  shall  so  desire,  may 
submit  to  the  electors  of  said  district  the  question  of  whether 
the  board  shall  issue  bonds  of  said  district  for  the  purchase 
or  erection  of  a  building  for  high  school  purposes  and  the 
equipment  and  for  a  suitable  site  therefor,  provided  that  no 
such  district  shall  be  bonded  for  the  above  purpose  in  any 
amount  to  exceed  $50,000.00  and  provided  such  bonds  must 
run  a  term  of  twenty-five  years  or  less,  but  no  longer,  and 
provided  any  such  issue  of  bonds  shall  not  increase  the  school 
indebtedness  of  the  territory  of  said  district  beyond  the  maxi- 
mum limit  fixed  by  the  state  constitution.  Said  election  shall 
be  held  in  the  manner  prescribed  in  this  chapter  for  the  sub- 
mission of  the  question  of  the  establishment  of  said  high 
school  district,  except  that  the  board  of  high  school  trustees 
shall  officiate  in  the  place  of  the  board  of  county  commission- 
ers in  giving  the  notices  for  and  in  determining  the  result 
of  said  election.  The  ballot  shall  be  in  the  form  as  follows: 

"Shall  bonds  be  issued  and  sold  to  the  amount  $ . 

bearing per  cent  interest,  for  the  purpose  of  purchas- 
ing a  school  lot  and  building  a  school  thereon  and  to  equip 
the  same?" 


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"Bonds,  Yes." 

"Bonds,  No." 

The  ballots  herein  provided  for  shall  be  printed  and  fur- 
nished in  sufficient  quantities  at  the  different  polling  places 
for  the  use  of  the  electors  by  the  board  of  high  school  trustees. 
The  elector  shall  prepare  his  ballot  by  crossing  out  thereon 
parts  of  the  ballots  in  such  a  manner  that  the  remaining  part 
shall  express  his  vote  upon  the  question  submitted.  If  a 
majority  of  the  votes  cast  at  such  election  are  "Bonds,  Yes," 
the  board  of  high  school  trustees  shall  issue  such  bonds  in  such 
form  as  the  board  may  direct  and  shall  bear  the  signature  of 
the  president  and  the  secretary  of  such  board  written  in  ink. 
The  coupons  attached  to  said  bonds  shall  be  signed  in  the  same 
manner.  Lithographic  or  fac  simile  signatures  of  the  president 
and  secretarj7  may  be  affixed  to  the  coupons  only  when  so 
stated  in  the  bonds.  Each  bond  so  issued  shall  be  registered 
by  the  county  treasurer  in  a  book  provided  for  that  purpose, 
which  shall  show  the  number  and  amount  of  each  bond  and  the 
person  to  whom  same  is  issued.  Said  bonds  shall  be  sold  by 
said  trustees  in  the  manner  provided  for  the  sale  of  school  dis- 
trict bonds,  and  the  moneys  arising  from  the  sale  thereof  shall 
be  paid  into  the  treasury  of  the  county  to  the  credit  of  said  high 
school  district.  The  faith  of  the  said  high  school  district  is 
solemnly  pledged  for  the  interest  and  redemption  of  the  prin- 
cipal of  the  bonds  issued  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter. 
The  county  commissioners  at  the  time  of  making  the  levy  of 
taxes  for  county  purposes  shall  levy  a  tax  for  that  year  upon 
the  taxable  property  in  said  high  school  district  for  the  interest 
and  redemption  of  said  bonds,  and  said  tax  must  not  be  less 
than  sufficient  to  pay  the  interest  of  said  bonds  for  that  year 
and  such  proportion  of  the  principal  as  will  come  due  during 
such  year,  and  in  any  event  must  be  high  enough  to  raise  an- 
nually for  the  first  half  of  the  term,  (and)  high  enough  to  pay 
such  annual  interest  and  to  pay  annually  a  portion  of  the 
principal  of  said  bonds  equal  to  the  sum  pledged  by  taking  the 
whole  amount  of  said  bonds  outstanding  and  dividing  it, by  the 
number  of  years  for  which  said  bonds  have  to  run,  and  all 
moneys  so  collected  must  be  paid  into  the  county  treasury  to 
the  credit  of  said  high  school  district  and  kept  in  a  separate 
fund,  and  to  be  used  for  the  payment  of  the  principal  and 
interest  on  said  bonds,  and  for  no  other  purpose.  [S.  L.  1905, 
Oh.  67,  Sec.  16.] 
Payment  of  Bonds. 

Sec.  2067.  Said  bonds  shall  be  paid,  principal  and  inter- 
est, in  the  manner  provided  for  the  payment  of  school  district 
bonds.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec.  17.] 


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Estimate  for  Maintenance  When  Bonds  Are  Issued. 

Sec.  2068.  In  case  bonds  are  issued,  then  the  trustees,  in 
making  estimates  for  the  maintenance  of  the  high  school,  shall 
not  include  estimates  for  buildings  or  whatever  said  bonds 
are  issued  for.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec.  18.] 

Collection  of  Tax. 

Sec.  2069.  The  tax  provided  for  in' Section  2065  shall  be 
levied  and  collected  in  the  same  manner  as  other  county  taxes, 
and  when  collected  the  county  treasurer  shall  place  the  same  to 
the  credit  of  said  high  school  district.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67, 
Sec.  19.] 

Record  of  Proceedings. 

Sec.  2070.  The  said  board  of  trustees  of  said  high  school 
district  shall  keep  a  record  of  all  the  official  acts  done  by  said 
board,  shall  keep  a  full  record  of  all  warrants  issued  against 
the  moneys  belonging  to  said  high  school  district.  Payments 
of  money  can  only  be  made  upon  warrants  drawn  against  funds 
belonging  to  said  high  school  district  and  the  warrants  so 
drawn  must  specify  upon  their  face  the  purpose  for  which 
funds  called  for  by  the  warrants  so  issued.  Said  board  of 
trustees  of  said  high  school  district  shall  provide,  at  the  ex- 
pense of  their  district  and  for  said  district,  a  seal,  upon  which 

shall  be  engraved  the  words  " County  High 

School,  State  of  Wyoming,"  said  blank  space  to  contain  the 
name  of  the  county  wherein  is  located  such  high  school  district. 
The  seal  shall  be  kept  in  possession  of  the  clerk  of  said  dis- 
trict. (Said  seal  shall  be  affixed  to  all  communications  or  no- 
tices required  by  law  to  be  sent  or  published  by  said  high 
school  board  and  to  all  warrants  drawn  upon  the  treasurer  of 
said  high  school  trustees.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  57,  Sec.  5.] 

Trustees  Provide  Suitable  Buildings. 

Sec.  2071.  The  said  board  of  trustees  shall  proceed  as 
soon  as  practicable  after  their  appointment  and  qualification 
to  establish  the  high  school  contemplated  by  this  chapter,  and 
may  at  their  discretion  lease  suitable  buildings  for  the  use  of 
the  high  school  while  the  new  buildings  are  in  process  of 
erection,  or  may  contract  with  the  trustees  of  the  local  school 
district,  or  with  other  parties  for  the  use  of  suitable  buildings 
for  such  high  school  purpose,  and  for  such  time  as  may  be 
deemed  best  for  the  interest  of  such  high  school  district,  and 
if  at  any  time  the  qualified  electors  of  such  district  shall  vote 
bonds,  as  herein  provided,  said  trustees  shall  select  the  best 
site  that  can  be  obtained  and  the  title  thereto,  upon  procuring 
such  site,  purchased  or  otherwise,  shall  vest  in  such  high  school 


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district  under  the  name  herein  provided  for  and  the  trustees 
shall  then  proceed  to  make  purchase  of  material  and  to  build 
said  building  thereon,  or  to  let  such  contracts  for  the  neces- 
sary school  buildings  as  they  may  deem  proper.  They  shall 
not,  however,  make  any  purchase  or  enter  into  any  contract 
whereby  obligations  are  assumed  in  excess  of  the  amount  of 
funds  on  hand  or  available  through  the  levy  of  taxes  or  the  is- 
suance of  bonds  for  the  current  year.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec. 
21.] 

Employment  of  Faculty. 

Sec.  2072.  After  suitable  buildings  are  secured  as  herein 
above  provided  for  the  carrying  on  of  said  high  school,  the 
trustees  shall  employ  some  suitable  person  to  take  charge  of 
said  school,  who  shall  be  known  as  principal  of  said  school, 
and  who  shall  possess  such  qualifications  as  may  be  prescribed 
by  said  board  of  trustees,  except  that  said  principal  shall  be 
required  to  possess  at  least  five  years'  experience  in  teaching, 
and  the  trustees  shall  furnish  such  assistant  teachers  as  they 
may  deem  necessary,  and  shall  designate  the  salaries  which 
shall  be  paid  such  principal  and  assistant  teachers.  [S.  L. 
1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec.  22.] 

Government. 

Sec.  2073.  The  principal  of  any  such  high  school,  with 
the  approval  of  the  board  of  trustees,  shall  make  such  rules 
and  regulations  as  may  be  deemed  proper  in  regard  to  study, 
conduct  and  government  of  the  pupils  under  his  charge;  and 
if  any  such  pupil  shall  not  conform  to  or  obey  the  rules  of  the 
school,  they  may  be  suspended  or  expelled  therefrom  by  the 
board  of  trustees.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec.  23.] 

Courses  of  Study. 

Sec.  2074.  There  shall  be  provided  such  courses  of  study 
as  will  prepare  and  fit  a  student  attending  such  high  school 
for  admission  to  the  university  of  this  state,  and  such  courses 
of  study  must  be  sufficient  for  such  purposes.  [S.  L.  1905, 
Ch.  67,  Sec.  24.] 

Tuition — Admission. 

Sec.  2075.  Tuition  shall  be  free  to  all  pupils  who  are 
bona  fide  residents  of  said  high  school  district.  The  board  of 
trustees  shall  make  such  general  rules  and  regulations  as  they 
deem  proper  in  regard  to  age  and  grade  of  attainments  es- 
sential to  entitle  pupils  to  admission  to  said  school;  Provided, 
That  no  person  shall  be  admitted  to  such  high  school  who  shall 
not  have  passed  a  satisfactory  examination,  or  who  does  not 


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hold  an  eighth  grade  common  school  certificate.  If  there  shall 
be  more  applicants  than  can  be  accommodated  at  any  one  time, 
each  district  shall  be  entitled  to  send  its  proportionate  number 
of  pupils  according  to  the  number  of  pupils  it  may  have  as 
shown  *by  the  last  report  of  the  county  superintendent  of 
schools,  and  the  boards  of  the  respective  school  districts  shall 
designate  such  pupils  as  shall  attend  subject  to  the  proviso 
above  stated.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec.  25.] 

Admission  of  Pupils  from  Other  Districts. 

Sec.  2076.  If  at  any  time  the  school  can  accommodate 
more  pupils  than  apply  for  admission  from  the  district,  the 
vacancies  may  be  filled  by  applicants  from  other  counties  or 
school  districts,  upon  the  payment  of  such  tuition  as  the  board 
of  trustees  may  prescribe,  but  at  no  time  shall  such  pupils  re- 
main in  said  school  to  the  exclusion  of  pupils  residing  in  the 
district.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec.  26.] 

Mileage  of  Trustees — No  Compensation — Reports. 

Sec.  2077.  The  trustees  of  said  high  school  district  who 
do  not  reside  at  the  place  where  said  high  school  is  established 
are  entitled  to  mileage  in  attending  the  meetings  of  the  board. 
The  trustees  of  said  high  school  shall  serve  without  compensa- 
tion, and  the  board  shall  make  such  reports  from  time  to  time 
as  the  county  superintendent  of  schools  or  the  state  superin- 
tendent of  public  instruction  may  require.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch. 
67,  Sec.  27.] 

Certificates  of  Graduation — Admission  to  State  University. 

Sec.  2078.  Upon  the  presentation  of  a  certificate  of  gradu- 
ation from  any  such  high  school  within  one  year  of  the  date 
of  same,  to  any  state  institution  of  learning,  the  person  pre- 
senting the  same  may  be  admitted  without  further  examina- 
tion to  said  institution  of  learning;  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec. 
28.] 

No  Tuition  to  Bona  Fide  Residents. 

Sec.  2079.  Such  high  school  shall  be  free  to  all  persons 
of  school  age,  possessing  the  qualifications,  who  are  bona  fide 
residents  of  said  high  school  district.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec. 
29.] 

Districts— How  Annexed. 

Sec.  2080.  Whenever  any  "high  school  district"  shall 
have  been  created  in  any  county  under  the  provisions  of  this 
chapter,  and  any  school  district  in  the  county  wherein  said 
"high  school  district"  is  located  shall  not,  at  the  time  of  the 
election  on  the  establishment  of  such  "high  school  district," 


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cast  a  majority  vote  in  favor  of  such  proposition,  such  school 
district  may  at  any  time  thereafter  become  a  part  of  such 
"high  school  district"  in  the  manner  hereinafter  provided. 
[S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  58,  Sec.  1.] 

Petition  for  Annexation. 

Sec.  2081.  Whenever  ten  freeholders  in  any  such  school 
district  mentioned  in  Section  2080  hereof,  not  incorporated 
within  such  high  school  district  as  mentioned  in  Section  2080 
hereof,  shall  petition  the  board  of  county  commissioners  of  the 
county  wherein  said  school  district  is  located  to  make  such 
school  district  a  part  of  such  "high  school  district"  as  men- 
tioned in  Section  2080  hereof,  describing  the  lands  embraced 
in  said  school  district  by  townships  and  ranges,  or  fractions  of 
townships,  the  said  board  shall,  at  their  first  meeting  there- 
after, give  twenty  days'  notice  by  publication  in  the  official 
paper  of  said  county  that  the  question  whether  such  territory 
shall  be  incorporated  within  said  "high  school  district"  will 
be  submitted  to  the  lectors  of  such  school  district  at  a  desig- 
nated time,  which  shall  not  exceed  thirty  days  from  the  expira- 
tion of  said  twenty  days '  notice.  In  addition  to  said  notice  the 
trustees  in  said  school  district  thus  intended  to  be  incorporated 
into  the  said  "high  school  district"  shall  be  notified  imme- 
diately after  the  first  publication  of  said  notice  by  such  board 
of  county  commissioners  of  the  holding  of  such  election,  and  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  said  school  trustees  to  post  a  copy  of  said 
published  notice  on  the  front  door  of  each  school  house  in  said 
school  district.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  58,  Sec.  2.] 

Submission  of  Question. 

Sec.  2082.  Such  election  shall  be  conducted  in  all  respects 
as  near  as  may  be,  as  provided  in  Sections  2054,  2055,  2056, 
2057,  and  2058,  and  the  duties  and  acts  to  be  performed  shall 
be  performed  in  the  same  manner,  and  by  the  same  persons 
as  therein  specified.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  58,  Sec.  3.] 

Returns — Commissioners '  Action. 

Sec.  2083.  When  the  returns  of  such  election  shall  have 
been*  received  by  the  county  clerk,  of  said  county,  the  board 
of  county  commissioners  shall  proceed  without  delay  to  can- 
vass the  same,  determine  and  declare  the  result  of  such  elec- 
tion, and  enter  the  same  upon  their  minutes,  and  if  a  majority 
vote  of  such  school  district  has  been  cast  in  favor  of  incorporat-' 
ing  such  school  district  within  said  "high  school  district," 
then  such  school  district  shall  at  once  become  a  part  of  and  be 
incorporated  within  such  "high  school  district"  with  the  same 
force  and  effect  and  to  all  intents  and  purposes  as  though 


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originally  embraced  therein,  and  for  the  purpose  of  maintain- 
ing and  supporting  the  said  "high  school  district"  and  its 
purposes  and  objects  and  to  pay  the  current  or  other  expenses, 
or  pay  the  bonded  indebtedness  or  the  interest  thereon,  the 
property  of  such  school  district,  so  incorporated  within  said 
"high  school  district"  so  incorporated  shall  after  such  incor- 
poration in  each  year  be  subject  to  the  same  taxation  as  the 
property  of  the  other  territory  embraced  within  said  "high 
school  district"  and  be  subject  to  all  the  laws,  rules  and  regu- 
lations governing  such  "high  school  district"  as  though  origi- 
nally incorporated  therein.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  58,  Sec.  4.] 


GENERAL  ELECTIONS. 

Vacancy  in  State  Office. 

Sec.  2087.  At  each  of  said  general  elections  there  shall 
also  be  elected  such  state  officers  as  may  be  required  to  be 
elected  to  fill  any  vacancy  occurring  by  operation  of  law,  or 
the  constitution  of  this  state,  including  any  vacancy  or  vacan- 
cies in  the  office  of  justice  of  the  supreme  court.  [S.  L.  1890- 
91,  Ch.  68,  Sec.  4.] 

State  Officers. 

Sec.  2088.  At  the  general  election  held  in  the  year  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  ninety-four,  and  at  the  general 
election  held  every  fourth  year  thereafter,  there  shall  be  elected 
a  governor,  a  secretary  of  state,  an  auditor,  a  treasurer,  a  super- 
intendent of  public  instruction,  and  such  other  state  officers  as 
are,  or  may  be,  created  by  law,  and  made  elective,  whose  elec- 
tion shall  occur,  or  ought  to  occur  at  such  general  election. 
[S.  L.  1890-91,  Ch.  68,  Sec.  6.] 

County  Officers  to  Be  Elected. 

Sec.  2091.  The  following  county  and  precinct  officers  shall 
hold  their  office  by  election;  and  there  shall  be  held  in  the 
several  voting  precincts  of  this  state,  on  the  Tuesday  next  fol- 
lowing the  first  Monday  in  November,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord 
one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  ninety-two,  and  on  the  Tues- 
day next  following  the  first  Monday  in  November,  in  each 
second  year  thereafter,  a  general  election  at  which  the  follow- 
ing county  and  precinct  officers  shall  be  elected : 

The  clerk. 

The  commissioners. 

The  surveyors. 

The  sheriff. 

The  county  treasurer. 


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The  county  and  prosecuting  attorney. 

The  superintendent  of  schools. 

The  assessor. 

The  coroner. 

The  justices  of  the  peace. 

The  constables. 

The  clerk  of  the  district  court  for  each  county,  whenever 
his  term  of  office  shall  expire  before  the  next  general  election, 
or  whenever  a  vacancy  therein  is  to  be  filled,  and  such  other 
county  and  precinct  officers  which  may  be  created  and  made 
elective  by  law.  In  counties  having  an  assessed  valuation  not 
exceeding  five  million  dollars,  the  county  clerk  shall  be  ex- 
officio  clerk  of  the  district  court,  and  shall  perform  all  the 
duties  pertaining  to  the  office  of  clerk  of  the  district  court, 
but  shall  receive  no  additional  or  separate  compensation  there- 
for. [S.  L.  1890-91,  Ch.  100,  Sec.  3.] 

Relating  to  General  Elections — Who  May  Vote. 

Sec.  2092.  Except  as  hereinafter  provided  every  person 
shall  be  qualified  and  entitled  to  vote  who  is  a  citizen  of  the 
United  States  and  over  the  age  of  twenty-one  years  and  who 
has  been  a  bona  fide  resident  of  Wyoming  for  one  year  and 
of  the  county  wherein  his  residence  is  located  sixty  days  next 
preceding  the  election  at  which  he  votes  and  of  the  election  dis- 
trict wherein  he  seeks  to  vote  for  a  period  of  ten  days  next  pre- 
ceding election  and  who  shall  be  able  to  read  the  constitution 
of  this  state  and  who  has  complied  with  the  provisions  of  law 
concerning  registration;  Provided,  however,  That  any  person 
prevented  by  physical  disability  from  being  able  to  read  the 
constitution  of  this  state  shall  not  for  this  reason  while  labor- 
ing under  such  disability  be  deprived  of  his  right  to  vote ;  Pro- 
vided, further,  That  where  any  qualified  elector  who  has  reg- 
istered in  any  other  precinct  in  such  city  or  town  before  the 
date  of  election,  such  voter  shall  be  entitled  to  vote  in  the  pre- 
cinct where  registered ;  Provided,  further,  That  any  person 
who  is  a  citizen  of  the  United  States  and  who  was  a  qualified 
elector  on  the  tenth  day  of  July  in  the  year  1890  and  who  has 
since  then  continued  to  be  a  resident  in  this  state  and  who 
has  complied  with  the  provisions  of  law  concerning  registra- 
tion shall  continue  to  be  an  elector  of  this  state;  and,  Pro- 
vided, moreover,  That  any  person  who  is  serving  in  the  army 
of  the  United  States  or  is  an  officer  or  soldier  and  who  is  resid- 
ing on  any  military  reservation  in  this  state  shall  not  be  en- 
titled to  vote  at  any  election  held  in  this  state  unless  such 
person  has  acquired  the  rights  of  citizenship  by  residence 
therein  for  a  period  of  not  less  than  one  year  while  serving  in 


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the  army  of  the  United  States  as  such  officer  or  soldier.     [S. 
L.  1911,  Ch.  60,  Sec.  1.] 

Special  County  Elections  Shall  Be  Ordered  by  County  Com- 
missioners. 

Sec.  2110.  All  special  elections  for  county  and  precinct 
officers  shall  be  ordered  by  the  county  commissioners,  which 
order  shall  be  countersigned  by  the  clerk  of  the  board  of  county 
commissioners.  [S.  L.  1890,  Ch.  80,  Sec.  53.] 

Vacancy  in  Office— Who  Determines  Fact  Of. 

Sec.  2112.  Whenever  it  is  alleged  that  a  vacancy  in  any 
office  exists,  the  officer,  court  or  county  board,  whose  duty  it 
is  to  fill  the  vacancy,  by  appointment,  or  to  order  an  election 
to  fill  such  vacancy,  shall  have  power  to  determine  whether  or 
not  the  facts  occasioning  such  vacancy  exist.  [S.  L.  1890,  Ch. 
80,  Sec.  47;  R.  S.  1899,  Sec.  217.] 

Sec.  2113.  Who  May  Vote  at  Special  Elections.  All  per- 
sons who  have  registered  either  during  the  registration  period 
immediately  preceding  a  special  election,  or  a  municipal  elec- 
tion, or  who  haye  registered  less  than  two  years  before  such 
election,  during  a  regular  registration  period  for  county  elec- 
tions, or  during  any  special  or  municipal  registration  period, 
subsequent  to  such  regular  county  election,  shall  be  entitled 
to  vote  at  such  special  election,  or  municipal  election  as  the 
case  may  be,  in  the  precinct  in  which  they  registered.  The 
provisions  of  law  governing  registration  and  elections  shall 
apply  to  all  special  elections  and  municipal  elections.  [L. 
1895,  Ch.  77,  Sec.  1 ;  R.  S.  1899,  Sec.  218.] 


GENERAL  PROVISIONS. 

Qualifications  of  Office  Holders. 

Sec.  2273.  No  person  shall  be  eligible  to  any  office  who, 
at  the  time  he  is  chosen  and  during  his  encumbency  therein, 
is  not  a  qualified  elector  and  an  actual  resident  of  the  district, 
county,  town,  ward  or  precinct,  as  the  case  may  be,  in  which 
he  holds  such  office.  [S.  L.  1890,  Ch.  80,  Sec.  6.] 

Woman  Suffrage. 

Sec.  2274.  When  they  possess  the  other  qualifications  of 
an  elector,  the  rights  of  women  to  the  elective  franchise  and 
to  hold  office  shall  be  the  same  as  those  of  men.  [S.  L.  1890, 
Ch.  80,  Sec.  7.] 


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Persons  Disqualified  from  Voting  or,  Holding  Office. 

Sec.  2275.  The  following  persons  shall  not  vote  or  hold 
office: 

One  who  is  under  guardianship. 

One  who  is  non  compos  mentis. 

One  who  has  be,en  within  Wyoming  convicted  of  any  fel- 
ony, unless  restored  to  civil  rights  by  pardon. 

One  who  has  made  or  become,  either  directly  or  indirectly, 
interested  in  any  bet  or  wager  depending  upon  the  result  of 
the  election  at  which  he  or  she  shall  offer  to  vote.  [S.  L.  1890, 
Ch.  80,  Sec.  8.] 

Resignation  of  Elective  Offices. 

Sec.  2276.  Resignation  of  elective  offices  shall  be  made 
to  the  officer,  court  or  county  board  authorized  by  law  to  fill 
a  vacancy  in  such  office  by  appointment  or  to  order  an  election 
to  fill  such  vacancy.  [S.  L.  1890,  Ch.  80,  Sec.  43.] 

Vacancies  in  Elective  Offices — How  Made. 

Sec.  2277.  Every  elective  office  shall  become  vacant  on 
the  happening  of  either  of  the  following  events  to  the  incum- 
bent before  the  end  of  his  term  of  office : 

1.  His  death. 

2.  His  resignation. 

3.  His  becoming  insane  or  non  compos  mentis. 

4.  His  ceasing  to  be  an  inhabitant  of  the  state,  or  if  the 
office  is  local,  his  ceasing  to  be  an  inhabitant  of  the  district, 
town,  ward  or  precinct  for  which  he  was  elected. 

5.  His  conviction  of  ,an  infamous  crime  or  of  any  offense 
involving  a  violation  of  official  oath. 

6.  His  removal  from  office. 

7.  His  refusal  or  neglect  to  take  his  oath  of  office,  or  to 
give  or  renew  his  official  bond,  or  to  deposit  or  file  such  oath 
or  bond  within  the  time  prescribed  by  law. 

8.  The   decision  of  a   competent  tribunal   declaring  his 
election  void.     [S.  L.  1890,  Ch.  80,  Sec.  45.] 


TAXATION  AND  REVENUE. 

Purposes  for  Which  Taxes  Levied — Limitations  Upon  Amount. 

Sec.  2320.  There  shall  be  levied  and  assessed  upon  the 
taxable  real  and  personal  property  within  this  state  in  each 
year,  the  following  taxes: 

First — For  state  revenue,  four  mills  on  the  dollar  when 
no  rate  is  directed  by  the  state  board  of  equalization  before 
the  date  in  each  year  when  the  tax  ought  to  be  levied  and 


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assessed,  but  in  uo  case  shall  the  tax  for  state  revenue  pur- 
poses exceed  said  four  mills  on  the  dollar;  except  for  the  sup- 
port of  state  educational  and  charitable  institutions,  the  pay- 
ment of  the  state  debt  and  the  interest  thereon. 

Second — The  couny  commissioners  shall  annually  levy  a 
tax  for  the  support  of  the  common  schools  in  their  county,  not 
to  exceed  three  mills  on  the  dollar.  For  county  revenue  for 
all  purposes  there  shall  be  levied  annually  a  tax,  but  the  aggre- 
gate tax  for  county  revenue,  including  general  school  tax, 
shall  not  exceed  twelve  mills  on  the  dollar,  exclusive  of  state 
revenue,  except  for  the  payment  of  its  public  debt  and  the  in- 
terest thereon.  An  additional  tax  of  two  dollars  for  each  per- 
son between  the  ages  of  twenty-one  years  and  fifty  years, 
inclusive,  shall  be  annually  levied  for  county  school  purposes; 
Provided,  always,  That  the  board  of  county  commissioners  in 
each  and  every  county  of  this  state  shall  not  expend  in  any  one 
year,  from  out  of  the  revenue  so  raised,  for  the  support  of  the 
poor  and  lunatic  purposes,  a  sum  amounting  to  more  than  two 
mills  on  the  dollar  for  each  and  every  dollar  of  the  assessed 
valuation  of  the  property  within  their  county  for  the  then  cur- 
rent year;  for  road  purposes,  a  sum  not  amounting  to  more 
than  three  mills  on  the  dollar  of  each  and  every  dollar  of 
assessed  valuation  of  the  property  within  their  county  for  the 
then  current  year.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  102.] 

Property  Exempt  from  Taxation. 

Sec.  2321.  The  following  described  property  is  hereby 
exempted  from  taxation:  First — The  property  of  the  United 
States  and  of  this  state,  the  property  of  any  county,  township, 
incorporated  cities,  towns  and  school  districts ;  public  libraries, 
lots  with  buildings  thereon  used  exclusively  for  religious  wor- 
ship; church  parsonages;  public  grounds  by  whomsoever  do- 
nated to  the  public,  including  all  places  for  the  burial  of  the 
dead.  Second — Fire  engines  and  all  implements  used  for  ex- 
tinguishing fires,  with  the  grounds  used  exclusively  for  the 
buildings  of  a  fire  company  or  companies.  Third — Household 
and  kitchen  furniture,  beds  and  bedding,  wearing  apparel  of 
every  person,  and  the  food  provided  for  each  family,  not  to 
exceed  in  all  the  value  of  one  hundred  dollars.  Fourth — The 
polls  of  all  persons  who  have  arrived  at  the  age  of  fifty  years. 
Fifth — The  property  engaged  and  used  in  the  manufacture  of 
beet  sugar  or  any  of  the  products  of  sugar  beets,  in  the  state 
of  Wyoming,  shall  be  exempt  from  taxation  annually  during 
the  actual  use  of  such  property  for  such  purpose,  for  a  period 
of  ten  years.  No  factory  thus  engaged  shall  be  entitled  to 
such  exemption  unless  at  least  seventy-five  per  centum  of  the 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING  81 

sugar  beets  consumed  therein  during  each  year  shall  have  been 
grown  in  Wyoming;  Provided,  Sufficient  supply  can  be  ob- 
tained in  this  state.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  52;  S.  L.  1897,  Ch.  50.] 

Property  Exempt  from  Taxation. 

Sec.  2322.  That  lands,  with  the  buildings  thereon,  used 
for  schools,  orphan  asylums  or  hospitals,  and  for  lodge  rooms- 
for  the  meetings  of  all  secret,  benevolent  and  charitable  so- 
cieties or  associations  shall  be  exempted  from  taxation  so  long 
as  said  lands  and  buildings  are  not  used  for  private  profit.  [S. 
L.  1901,  Ch.  5.] 

Bonds  Exempt  from  Taxation. 

Sec.  2323.  Coupon  or  registered  interest  bearing  bonds 
of  the  state  of  Wyoming,  or  any  county,  school  district,  or  mu- 
nicipality of  the  state  of  Wyoming  shall  be  exempt  from  taxa- 
tion when  owned  by  actual  residents  of  the  state,  provided, 
that  the  owner  or  owners  of  such  securities  shall  list  the  same 
annually  on  their  assessment  schedule,  describing  such  bonds 
and  the  amount  thereof,  and  shall  mark  opposite  thereto,  on 
such  schedule,  "exempt."  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  17.] 

What  Property  Subject  to  Taxation. 

Sec.  2324.  All  other  property,  real  and  personal,  within 
this  state  is  subject  to  taxation  in  the  manner  herein  directed, 
and  this  section  is  intended  to  embrace  lands  and  lots  in  towns, 
including  lands  bought  from  the  United  States,  whether  bought 
on  a  credit  or  otherwise;  buildings  or  improvements  erected 
upon  lands,  the  title  to  which  still  remains  in  the  United  States, 
or  in  any  incorporated  company,  and  all  lan<ts  entered  by 
pre-emption,  final  or  commuted  homestead,  or  as  desert  land, 
or  at  private  or  public  sale,  or  under  any  act  of  congress,  when 
final  receipt  therefor  has  been  issued,  shall  be  subject  to 
taxation  whether  patent  for  the  same  has  been  issued  or  not, 
and  when  such  final  proof  shall  have  been  made  before  the  1st 
day  of  April  in  any  year,  the  land  so  entered  shall  be  subject 
to  taxation  for  that  year.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  county 
commissioners  of  each  county  to  obtain  from  the  officers  of 
the  United  States  land  district  in  which  the  county  may  be 
situated,  an  accurate  transcript  and  plat  of  all  entries  and 
sales  of  public  land  which  may  or  should  be  subject  to  taxation 
under  the  laws  of  the  United  States,  or  of  this  state,  described 
by  land  numbers  in  their  respective  counties.  Such  transcripts 
shall  be  filed  and  preserved  in  their  office,  and  they  shall  have 
the  same  corrected  each  year  by  obtaining  as  aforesaid,  addi- 
tional or  supplementary  transcripts.  On  the  first  Monday  in 


82  SCHOOL   LAWS   OF   WYOMING 

April  of  each  year,  they  shall  cause  to  be  furnished  to  the 
county  assessor  of  the  county,  a  true  and  correct  plat  or  plats, 
corrected  as  aforesaid  of  all  lands  hereinbefore  described,  sit- 
uate in  the  county,  and  they  are  hereby  authorized  and  re- 
quired to  make  any  appropriation  necessary  to  secure  the 
execution  of  the  work  provided  for  in  this  section.  Ferries, 
franchises  and  toll-bridges,  all  of  which,  for  the  purpose  of 
this  chapter,  shall  be  considered  real  property.  Horses  and 
neat  cattle,  mules  and  asses,  sheep,  swine,  goats,  and  all  dogs 
and  other  animals ;  money  in  bank  bills,  coin  or  gold  dust, 
whether  in  possession  or  on  deposit ;  property,  money  or  labor, 
due  from  solvent  debtors  on  contract,  or  on  judgment,  and 
whether  within  this  state  or  not;  mortgages  and  other  like 
securities,  stock  or  shares  in  any  bank  or  company,  incorpor- 
ated or  otherwise  and  whether  incorporated  by  this  or  any 
other  state,  and  whether  situated  in  this  state  or  not ;  public 
stocks  or  loans,  household  furniture  not  otherwise  exempt,  in- 
cluding gold  and  silver  plate,  musical  instruments,  watches 
and  jewelry,  pleasure  carriages,  stages,  hacks,  omnibuses  and 
other  vehicles  for  transporting  passengers,  wagons,  carts,  drays, 
sleds,  and  every  other  description  of  vehicle  or  carriage,  all 
real  and  personal  property  within  this  state  of  every  kind 
and  description  not  heretofore  enumerated,  belonging  to  or 
claimed  by  any  incorporated  company,  whether  incorporated 
in  this  state  or  not,  annuities — but  not  including  pensions  from 
the  United  States,  or  any  state,  nor  salaries,  nor  payment  for 
services  expected  to  be  rendered — and  all  other  property  not 
above  exempted,  although  not  herein  specified.  [S.  L.  1890-91. 
Ch.  36,  Sec.  2.J 

Time  of  Making  County  Levy — Form  of  Tax  List. 

Sec.  2343.  On  the  first  Monday  of  September,  of  each 
year,  the  board  of  county  commissioners  shall,  by  an  order 
to  be  entered  of  record  among  their  proceedings,  levy  the 
requisite  taxes  for  the  year,  and  the  same  may  be  levied  at  any 
time  prior  to  the  first  Monday  of  September,  if  the  statement 
and  notice  required  by  Section  2340  has  been  received  from 
the  auditor.  Immediately  after  the  taxes  have  been  levied 
the  county  assessor  shall  compute  the  taxes  from  the  credit 
valuations  as  corrected  by  the  board  of  equalization,  and  as 
entered  by  him  in  the  column  of  corrected  valuations  in  the 
combined  assessment  roll  and  tax  list;  Provided,  That  all 
taxes  for  state  purposes  may  be  computed  as  a  whole  and  en- 
tered in  one  column.  The  state  examiner  is  hereby  authorized 
and  directed  to  prescribe  the  form  of  such  combined  assess- 
ment roll  and  tax  list,  which  shall  be  uniform  as  to  general 


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requirements  in  all  counties  of  the  state.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec. 
3806;  R.  S.  1899,  Sec.  1781;  S.  L.  1901,  Ch.  10,  Sec.  1 ;  S.  L. 
1909,  Ch.  121,  Sec.  1.] 

Tax  for  School  Purposes. 

Sec.  2401.  The  county  commissioners  shall,  at  the  time 
of  levying  tax  for  county  purposes,  cause  to  be  levied  a  tax 
for  the  support  of  schools  within  the  county,  as  provided  by 
law,  which  shall  be  collected  by  the  county  collector,  at  the 
same  time,  and  in  the  same  manner  as  state  and  county  taxes 
are  collected,  with  the  exception  that  it  shall  be  receivable  in 
cash  or  warrants  of  the  school  district.  The  county  treasurer 
shall,  at  all  times,  hold  subject  to  the  draft  of  the  proper  offi- 
cers, all  moneys  belonging  to  teachers'  or  school  house  fund. 
[R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3964.] 

Assessments — When  Made. 

Sec.  2402.  Whenever  a  sum  of  money  has  been  voted  by 
a  school  district,  as  by  law  provided,  the  clerk  shall,  under  the 
supervision  of  the  directors,  make  out  and  certify  over  his 
official  signature,  the  amount  of  money  voted  in  his  district, 
and  on  or  before  the  fourth  Monday  in  May  of  each  year  cause 
the  same  to  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the  clerk  of  the  board  of 
county  commissioners;  the  clerk  shall  also  at  the  same  time 
notify  the  district  assessor  of  the  assessment  district  in  which 
said  school  district  is  situated,  in  writing,  of  the  action  of  the 
district.  Said  district  assessor  shall  at  the  time  of  making  the 
annual  assessment  of  his  district  also  assess  the  property  of 
each  school  district,  from  which  he  has  received  notification 
as  aforesaid,  and  return  to  the  supervising  assessor  at  the  time 
of  returning  the  assessment  schedules,  separate  schedules  list- 
ing the  property  of  each  school  district  by  him  assessed.  Said 
separate  schedule  shall  be  by  the  supervising  assessor,  com- 
piled, footed  and  returned  to  the  board  of  county  commission- 
ers as  hereinbefore  provided  for  other  assessment  schedules. 
[S.  L.  1903,  Ch.  79,  Sec.  13.] 

Equalization  of  Assessment  and  Levy  of  Taxes. 

Sec.  2403.  The  board  of  county  commissioners  of  each 
county  shall  have  the  power  and  it  is  made  their  duty  to 
equalize  the  assessment  and  valuation  of  the  taxable  property 
of  all  the  several  school  districts  in  the  county  which  is  assess- 
able by  the  county  assessor,  and  shall  also  have  power  to  add 
to  such  assessment  any  taxable  property  in  such  school  district 
not  included  in  the  assessments  as  returned  by  the  assessor, 
and  which  it  was  his  duty  to  assess  in  the  same  manner  as  is  or 
hereafter  may  be  provided  by  law  for  county  and  state  pur- 


84  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

poses,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  board  of  county  com- 
missioners when  making  the  annual  levy  for  taxes,  to  levy 
upon  the  taxable  property  of  each  school  district  a  tax  suffi- 
cient to  raise  the  amount  of  money  voted  in  the  district  for 
the  year,  which  levy  shall  also  be  made  upon  the  assessed  valua- 
tion of  railroad  and  telegraph  property  in  such  school  dis- 
trict as  assessed  by  the  state  board  of  equalization.  And  the 
county  clerk  in  making  out  the  annual  tax  list  shall  carry  out 
in  a  separate  column  the  amount  of  the  district  school  tax 
in  the  same  manner  as  other  taxes.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3966.] 

Manner  of  Collecting  Taxes. 

Sec.  2404.  The  taxes  and  assessments  of  all  school  dis- 
tricts for  all  purposes,  except  as  otherwise  specially  provided 
by  law  shall  be  collected  like  county  taxes  and  all  delinquent 
taxes  shall  be  returned  by  the  collector  in  the  same  manner 
as  other  delinquent  taxes  are  required  by  law  to  be  returned. 
[R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3967.] 

To  Whom  School  Moneys  Paid. 

Sec.  2405.  The  amount  of  tax  collected  by  the  county 
collector  shall  be  paid  over  to  the  county  treasurer  like  other 
taxes,  and  shall  be  held  by  said  county  treasurer  subject  to 
the  draft  of  the  county  superintendent,  and  shall  be  paid  over 
accordingly;  Provided,  That  the  money  collected  on  the  dis- 
trict tax  rolls  shall  be  paid  by  the  collector  directly  to  the 
treasurer  of  the  proper  district,  and  his  receipt  taken  therefor. 
[R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3968.] 

POLL  TAXES.     (See  Chap.  33,  page  106.) 

Land  Income  Funds  Available — When. 

Sec.  2485.  On  the  15th  day  of  January,  eighteen  hundred 
and  ninety-nine,  and  on  the  15th  day  of  January  of  each  second 
year  thereafter,  any  and  all  moneys  which  shall  be  in  either  of 
the  following  land  income  funds  shall  become  available,  and 
may  be  used  for  the  following  purposes,  respectively : 

First — The  ' '  deaf,  dumb  and  blind  land  income  fund, ' '  for 
the  support,  maintenance  and  education  of  all  such  deaf,  dumb 
and  blind  persons  as  are  or  may  hereafter  become  charges 
upon  the  state. 

Second — The  "insane  asylum  land  income  fund,"  for  the 
support  and  maintenance  of  the  state  insane  asylum  and  the 
inmates  thereof. 

Third — The  "fish  hatchery  land  income  fund,"  for  the 
support  and  maintenance  of  the  state  fish  hatchery  in  Albany 
county. 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING  85 

Fund  Appropriated. 

Sec.  1.  The  sum  of  sixteen  thousand  seven  hundred  thirty- 
five  dollars  and  ninety-five  cents  now  to  the  credit  of  the 
penitentiary  in  Albany  County  Land  Income  Fund,  together 
with  any  further  amounts  which  may  accrue  thereto,  is  hereby 
appropriated  for  the  payment  of  expenses  heretofore  or  here- 
after accruing  for  the  support  and  maintenance  of  the  state 
penitentiary  located  in  Carbon  county,  and  the  care  and  sub- 
sistence of  the  convicts  therein. 
Repeal. 

Sec.  2.  The  fourth  sub-division  of  Section  2485  of  the 
Wyoming  Compiled  Statutes  of  1910,  relating  to  the  fund 
named  in  Section  1  of  this  act  is  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  passage. 

Approved  February  22,  1913. 

Fifth — The  "university  land  income  fund,"  for  the  sup- 
port and  maintenance  of  the  state  university  at  Laramie,  the 
same  to  be  paid  by  the  state  treasurer  to  the  treasurer  of  the 
board  of  trustees  of  the  state  university  upon  the  warrant  of 
he  state  auditor  to  be  issued  upon  request  of  said  board  of 
trustees. 

Sixth — The  "state  charitable,  educational,  penal  and  re- 
formatory institutions  land  income  fund,"  for  the  custody, 
support  and  maintenance  of  state  convicts  and  persons  con- 
fined at  the  expense  of  the  state  in  reformatory  institutions 
within  or  without  the  state. 

Seventh— The  "penal,  reformatory  or  educational  insti- 
tution in  Carbon  county  land  income  fund,"  for  and  toward 
the  completion,  furnishing  and  maintenance  of  the  peniten- 
tiary at  Rawlins,  in  Carbon  county. 

Eighth — The  "miners'  hospital  land  income  fund,"  for  the 
support  and  maintenance  of  the  "Wyoming  general  hospital,  at 
Rock  Springs. 

Ninth — The  "public  building  at  the  capital  land  income 
fund,"  for  the  care,  repair,  maintenance  and  furnishing  of  the 
capitol  building. 

Tenth — The  "poor  farm  in  Fremont  county  land  income 
fund,"  for  the  care,  repair,  maintenance  and  improvement  of 
the  poor  farm  in  Fremont  county. 

On  the  fifteenth  day  of  January,  nineteen  hundred  and 
one,  and  on  the  15th  day  of  January  of  each  second  year  there- 
after, it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  state  treasurer  to  make  a 
report  to  the  governor  and  to  the  senate  and  house  of  repre- 
sentatives, showing  the  amount  of  money  in  each  of  said  land 
income  funds  on  that  date.  [S.  L.  1897,  Ch.  30.] 


86  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

TAXATION  AND  REVENUE.     (Continued.) 

Chapter  106,   Session  Laws  of  1911. 

City  or  Town. 

Sec.  1.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  city  or  town 
council,  or  other  officer  or  officers  authorized  or  whose  duty  \t 
shall  be  under  the  laws  of  the  state,  to  direct,  fix  or  make  any 
tax  levy  for  city  or  town  purposes  on  the  assessed  valuation 
of  all  taxable  property  within  the  corporate  limits  of  their  re- 
spective cities  or  towns,  to  hereafter  direct,  fix  or  make  any 
such  tax  levy  which  will  produce  a  sum  of  money  increasing 
by  more  than  two  per  cent  the  total  produced  within  their 
respective  jurisdictions  by  the  tax  levied  for  town  or  city  pur- 
poses for  the  preceding  year.  Provided,  however,  That  if,  in 
any  city  or  town,  it  shall  be  found  to  be  unnecessary  in  any 
year  to  raise  any  revenue  for  city  or  town  purposes  by  direct 
taxation,  no  levy  shall  be  made  for  such  purposes,  and  in  that 
case  the  limitation  in  this  section  provided  shall  thereafter 
relate  back  to  the  last  preceding  year  in  which  a  levy  was 
made ;  and  provided,  further,  that  the  qualified  electors  of  any 
city  or  town  may,  by  direct  vote  at  any  general  or  special  elec- 
tion held  as  provided  by  law  in  such  city  or  town  authorize 
for  one  year  a  further  increase  in  the  levy  above  the  two  per 
cent  increase  specified  in  this  section,  but  hereafter  the  addi- 
tional sums  raised  by  such  specially  authorized  levy  shall  not 
be  taken  into  account  in  computing  the  authorized  two  per  cent 
annual  increase  in  the  levy. 

County  Commissioners  Limit. 

Sec.  2.  The  power  of  the  board  of  county  commissioners 
of  each  of  the  several  counties  to  fix  rates  of  levy  annually  by 
means  of  which  to  create  a  fund  out  of  which  to  meet  and  de- 
fray the  current  expenses  of  the  county  is  hereby  limited  as 
follows : 

Assessed  Valuation  Limit. 

Sec.  3.  In  any  county  which  has  an  assessed  valuation  for 
the  current  tax  year  of  four  millions  of  dollars  or  less,  the 
levy  shall  not  exceed  seven  mills  on  the  dollar  of  such  valua- 
tion; and  in  any  county  which  has  an  assessed  valuation  for 
the  current  tax  year  of  five  millions  of  dollars  and  not  less  than 
four  millions  of  dollars  the  levy  shall  not  exceed  six  and  one- 
half  mills  on  the  dollar  of  such  valuation. 

Method  of  Estimating. 

Sec.  4.  In  any  county  which  has  an  assessed  valuation  for 
the  current  tax  year  of  more  than  five  million  dollars  and  not 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF   WYOMING  87 

in  excess  of  twenty  million  dollars,  the  maximum  levy  shall 
be  determined  by  reducing  the  levy  of  six  and  one-half  mills 
allowed  upon  a  valuation  of  five  million  dollars  one-tenth  of 
one  mill  for  each  one  million  dollars  in  excess  of  five  million 
dollars,  and  any  rate  of  levy  so  determined  shall  be  the  maxi- 
mum rate  of  levy  for  all  assessed  valuations  which  are  frac- 
tions of  the  next  higher  one  million  dollars  of  valuation. 

The  Same. 

Sec.  5.  In  any  county  which  has  an  assessed  valuation 
for  the  current  tax  year  of  more  than  twenty  million  dollars, 
the  maximum  levy  shall  be  determined  by  reducing  the  levy  of 
four  and  one-half  mills  allowed  upon  a  valuation  of  twenty 
million  dollars  one  one-hundredth  of  one  mill  for  each  one 
million  dollars  in  excess  of  twenty  million  dollars,  and  any  rate 
of  levy  so  determined  shall  be  the  maximum  rate  of  levy  for  all 
assessed  valuations  which  are  fractions  of  the  next  higher  one 
million  dollars  of  valuation. 

Detail  Illustration. 

Sec.  6.  The  limitations  of  the  county  current  expense  tax 
levies  as  prescribed  and  fixed  in  sections  three,  four,  five  and 
six  of  this  act  are  illustrated  in  detail,  as  follows : 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuation  less  than  $6,000,000  shall 
be  6.5  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $6,000,000  and  less 
than  $7,000,000  shall  be  6.4  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $7,000,000  and  less 
than  $8,000,000  shall  be  6.3  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $8,000,000  and  less 
than  $9,000,000  shall  be  6.2  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $9,000,000  and  less 
than  $10,000,000  shall  be  6.1  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $10,000,000  and  less 
than  $11,000,000  shall  be  6  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $11,000,000  and  less 
than  $12,000,000  shall  be  5.9  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $12,000,000  and  less 
than  $13,000,000  shall  be  5.8  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $13,000,000  and  less 
than  $14,000,000  shall  be  5.7  mills* 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $14,000,000  and  less 
than  $15,000,000  shall  be  5.6  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $15,000,000  and  less 
than  $16,000,000  shall  be  5.5  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $16,000,000  and  less 
than  $17,000,000  shall  be  5.4  mills. 


88  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $17,000,000  and  less 
than  $18,000,000  shall  be  5.3  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $18,000,000  and  less 
than  $19,000,000  shall  be  5.2  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $19,000,000  and  less 
than  $20,000,000  shall  be  5.1  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $20,000,000  and  less 
than  $21,000,000  shall  be  4.50  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $21,000,000  and  less 
than  $22,000,000  shall  be  4.49  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $22,000,000  and  less 
than  $23,000,000  shall  be  4.48  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $23,000,000  and  less 
than  $24,000,000  shall  be  4.47  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $24,000,000  and  less 
than  $25,000,000  shall  be  4.46  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $25,000,000  and  less 
than  $26,000,000  shall  be  4.45  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $26,000,000  and  less 
than  $27,000,000  shall  be  4.44  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $27,000,000  and  less 
than  $28,000,000  shall  be  4.43  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $28,000,000  and  less 
than  $29,000,000  shall  be  4.42  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $29,000,000  and  less 
than  $30,000,000  shall  be  4.41  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $30,000,000  and  less 
than  $31,000,000  shall  be  4.40  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $31,000,000  and  less 
than  $32,000,000  shall  be  4.39  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $32,000,000  and  less 
than  $33,000,000  shall  be  4.38  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $33,000,000  and  less 
than  $34,000,000  shall  be  4.37  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $34,000,000  and  less 
than  $35,000,000  shall  be  4.36  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $35,000,000  and  less 
than  $36,000,000  shall  be  4.35  mills. 

Provided,  That  if  in  any  county  it  shall  be  shown  by  the 
board  of  county  commissioners  of  such  county  that  the  levy 
authorized  by  this  act  would  not  be  sufficient  to  pay  the  cur- 
rent expenses  of  such  county,  or  to  liquidate  its  floating  indebt- 
edness, the  board  of  county  commissioners  of  such  county  may 
apply  to  the  state  board  of  equalization  for  authority  to  make 
a  larger  levy  for  the  current  year  and  such  board  of  equaliza- 
tion shall  give  such  authority.  This  proviso  shall  apply  to 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING  89 

the  years  1911,  1912  and  1913  only.  Provided,  always,  That  the 
board  of  county  commissioners  in  each  and  every  county  of 
this  state  shall  not  expend  in  any  one  year,  out  of  the  revenue 
raised  for  county  current  expenses,  a  sum  amounting  to  more 
than  one-fifth  of  such  revenue  for  the  support  of  the  poor  and 
lunatic  asylums,  and  shall  not  expend  for  road  and  bridge 
purposes  in  any  one  year  a  sum  amounting  to  more  than  one- 
half  of  the  revenue  raised  for  said  county  current  expenses; 
and  provided,  further,  that  the  qualified  electors  of  any  county 
may,  by  direct  vote  at  any  general  or  special  election  held  as 
provided  by  law  in  such  county,  authorize  for  one  year  an 
increase,  not  exceeding  two  mills  on  the  dollar  valuation,  in 
the  levy  for  county  current  expenses,  over  and  above  the  maxi- 
mum levy  for  such  purpose  in  this  act  provided,  and  if  so 
authorized  then  the  county  board  may  make  such  increased 
levy  for  the  year  voted  upon,  and  thereafter  the  limitation  of 
this  act  shall  apply  unless  an  increased  levy  for  a  particular 
year  shall  be  voted  at  another  election  in  like  manner. 

County  Library  Tax  Limit  as  Amended  by  S.  L.  1915. 

Sec.  8.  The  authority  of  the  board  of  county  commission- 
ers of  each  county  to  levy  annually  a  county  library  tax,  is 
hereby  limited  so  that  the  board  shall  not  levy  in  excess  of 
one-half  of  one  mill  on  the  dollar  upon  all  taxable  property 
in  the  county. 

School  District  Limit. 

Sec.  9.  The  authority  of  the  qualified  electors  of  any 
school  district  at  the  annual  meeting,  to  vote  a  tax  for  school 
purposes,  is  hereby  limited  to  the  extent  that  no  tax  shall  be 
voted  for  such  purposes  which  shall  be  in  excess  of  three  and 
one-half  mills  upon  the  dollar  of  all  the  taxable  property  of 
any  such  school  district.  Provided,  That  in  no  event  shall  any 
school  district  levy  any  greater  tax  than  is  reasonably  neces- 
sary for  the  ensuing  school  year;  and  provided,  further,  that 
the  question  of  an  increased  levy  above  the  limitation  herein- 
before specified  may  be  submitted  by  the  district  board  of  any 
school  district  to  the  electors  of  the  district  at  the  annual 
meeting  or  election,  and  if  so  submitted  due  notice  thereof  shall 
be  given  for  at  least  thirty  days  in  advance  of  such  election 
or  meeting  by  posting  written  or  printed  notices  upon  the 
front  door  of  each  and  every  school  house  in  the  district,  in  at 
least  three  additional  public  places  in  the  district,  and  said 
notice  shall  state  the  proposed  increase  in  the  levy,  which 
increase  shall  not  in  any  case  amount  to  more  than  five  mills 
on  the  dollar  valuation  of  all  the  taxable  property  of  the  dis- 


90  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

trict,  making  the  aggregate  levy  not  t6  exceed  eight  and  one- 
half  mills.  If  fifty-one  per  cent  of  the  votes  cast  at  such  elec- 
tion or  meeting  shall  be  in  favor  of  the  increased  levy,  as 
named  in  said  election  notice,  then  the  officers  charged  with 
levying  taxes  may  make  such  increased  levy  for  the  year  voted 
upon,  and  thereafter,  the  limitation  of  this  act  shall  apply, 
unless  an  increased  levy  for  a  particular  year  shall  be  voted  at 
another  election  in  like  manner ;  and  in  all  cases  where  an 
increased  levy  is  voted  the  school  district  clerk  shall  forward 
to  the  county  clerk  and  the  county  superintendent,  with  his 
certificate  of  the  school  district  levy,  his  affidavit  showing  that 
all  of  the  notices  herein  required  to  be  posted  were  in  fact 
duly  posted  at  least  thirty  days  in  advance  of  the  election,  and 
shall  also  forward  a  report  showing  the  number  of  votes  cast 
for  and  against  the  proposition  for  an  increased  levy. 

Bonded  Debt, 

Sec.  10.  This  act  shall  in  no  way  limit  the  amount  of  any 
levy  necessary  to  be  made  for  the  purpose  of  paying  any 
bonded  debt,  judgment  or  the  interest  thereon,  against  any 
county,  city,  town  or  school  district. 

Excess  Levy  Unlawful — Duty  of  Assessor. 

Sec.  11.  Any  levy  which  may  be  certified  to  the  county 
clerk  in  excess  of  the  limitations  fixed  by  this  act  shall  be  un- 
lawful, and  in  any  such  case,  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  the  county 
clerk  or  county  assessor  of  any  county  within  the  state  to 
enter  upon  the  tax  roll  of  the  county  any  such  excessive  levy ; 
and  in  case  of  any  such  excess  in  any  levy  it  is  hereby  made 
the  duty  of  the  county  assessor  to  reduce  such  levy  and  to 
extend  upon  the  tax  roll  only  such  part  thereof  as  will  comply 
with  the  provisions  of  this  act. 

Misdemeanor. 

Sec.  12.  Any  member  of  any  board,  or  any  other  officer 
who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  act,  shall  be 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be 
fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  one  hundred  dollars  or  more 
than  five  hundred  dollars  and  shall  also  be  subject  to  removal 
from  office  by  a  civil  action  prosecuted  by  any  tax  payer. 

Repeal. 

Sec.  13.  Sections  2341  and  2342  of  the  Wyoming  Com- 
piled Statutes  of  1910  and  all  acts  or  parts  of  acts  in  conflict 
with  this  act  are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  14.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  passage. 

Approved  March  2nd,  1911. 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING  91 

DEPOSIT  OF  PUBLIC  MONEY. 

Officers  Deposit  Monthly. 

Sec.  2486.  Every  state  officer,  employee,  department,  or 
commission  receiving  money,  for  or  on  behalf  of  the  state, 
from  any  source,  shall  on  or  before  the  first  Monday  of  each 
month  pay  to  the  state  treasurer  all  such  money,  received  dur- 
ing the  preceding  month,  and  on  the  same  date  shall  file  a 
detailed  verified  statement  of  such  receipts  with  the  state  audi- 
tor and  a  true  copy  thereof  with  the  state  examiner.  [S.  L. 
1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  1.] 

State  Board  of  Deposits. 

Sec.  2487.  There  is  hereby  created  a  board  of  deposits 
consisting  of  the  governor,  state  treasurer  and  secretary  of 
state,  and  said  officers  are  hereby  required  to  perform  the 
duties  herein  prescribed,  as  members  of  said  board  of  deposits, 
without  any  extra  or  additional  compensation.  The  governor 
of  the  state  shall  be  chairman  of  said  board,  and  the  state 
treasurer,  secretary  thereof.  The  records  of  said  board  kept 
by  said  secretary,  or  a  duly  certified  copy  thereof,  shall  be 
prima  facie  evidence  of  the  matter  appearing  therein  in  any 
court  in  the  United  States.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  board 
of  deposits  to  meet  on  the  first  Monday  of  April  of  each  year, 
or  at  any  other  time,  upon  the  call  of  the  chairman,  and  desig- 
nate such  banks  within  this  state,  as  it  may,  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  chapter,  deem  eligible  to  be  made  state  deposi- 
tories for  the  purpose  of  receiving  on  deposit  funds  of  this 
state.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  2.] 

Designation  of  Depositories. 

Sec.  2488.  All  banks,  applying  to  be  made  state  deposi- 
tories under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  shall,  on  or  before 
the  first  Monday  in  April  of  each  year,  file  their  application,  in 
writing,  with  the  secretary  of  Vhe  said  board  of  deposits,  said 
application  to  be  accompanied  by  a  sworn  statement  of  the 
financial  condition  of  said  bank  at  the  time  the  application  is 
made.  The  board  of  deposits  at  its  meeting  shall  pass  upon 
all  applications  made  in  compliance  with  this  chapter,  and 
shall,  over  the  signatures  of  the  members  of  said  board,  or  a 
majority  thereof,  endorse  on  said  application  their  approval  or 
rejection.  Any  and  all  banks  whose  applications  may  be  en- 
dorsed with  the  approval  of  the  board  as  aforesaid,  shall  be 
deemed  eligible  to  be  made  state  depositories  under  the  provi- 
sions of  this  chapter.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  3.] 

Deposits  by  Treasurer. 

Sec.  2489.     The  state  treasurer  may  deposit  any  portion 


92  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

of  the  public  moneys  in  his  possession  in  such  national  banks 
within  this  state,  or  in  any  state  banks  incorporated  under 
the  laws  of  and  doing  business  in  this  state,  as  shall  have  been 
approved  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter  by  the  board 
of  deposits  as  herein  provided;  but  the  said  treasurer  shall 
not  have  on  deposit  in  any  bank  of  public  funds  more  than 
one-half  of  its  paid  in  and  unimpaired  capital  stock  and  sur- 
plus at  any  one  time.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  4.] 

Interest  and  Security. 

Sec.  2490.  For  the  security  of  funds  so  deposited  under 
the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  the  state  treasurer  shall  require 
all  such  depositories  to  deposit  securities  of  the  kind  and  char- 
acter hereinafter  described,  or  to  give  bonds  in  some  respon- 
sible surety  company,  authorized  to  do  business  in  this  state, 
for  the  payment  of  such  deposits  and  interest  thereon.  Said 
bonds,  when  given,  shall  run  to  the  state  of  Wyoming,  and, 
together  with  the  securities  offered  shall  be  approved  by  the 
said  board  of  deposits.  Said  bonds  shall  be  conditioned,  that 
the  depositories  shall  on  or  before  the  tenth  day  of  each  month 
render  to  the  state  treasurer,  and  state  auditor,  a  statement 
in  duplicate,  showing  the  daily  balance  of  state  funds,  and  the 
amount  of  money  of  the  state  held  by  it  during  the  month 
preceding,  and  the  amount  of  the  interest  accrued  thereon, 
and  for  the  payment  of  the  said  deposit  and  the  interest  there- 
on, as  herein  provided,  when  demanded  by  the  state  treasurer, 
or  his  authorized  deputy  on  his  check,  order  or  demand  at  any 
time,  and  generally  to  do  and  perform  whatever  may  be  re- 
quired by  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  for  a  faithful  discharge 
of  the  trust  reposed  in  such  depository.  Said  bonds  shall  con- 
tain the  further  obligation  to  settle  with  and  pay  to  the  state 
treasurer,  for  the  use  of  this  state,  interest  upon  daily  balances 
on  said  deposits,  at  the  rate  fixed  by  said  board  of  deposits, 
payable  quarterly,  on  the  first  Monday  in  January,  April,  July 
and  October  in  each  year,  or  at  any  time  when  the  account 
may  be  closed.  Said  bonds  shall  be  in  substance  as  follows : 

Know  All  Men  by  These  Present :  That  we, , 

as  principal,  and ,  as  surety,  are  held  and  firmly 

bound  unto  the  State  of  Wyoming  in  the  just  and  full  sum 

of dollars,  for  the  payment  of  which,  well  and 

truly  to  be  made,  we  bind  ourselves,  and  our  successors  and 
assigns,  jointly  and  severally  by  these  presents. 

Dated  this day  of ,  A.  D. 

The  condition  of  the  foregoing  is  such  that,  Whereas,  the 
said  bank,  in  consideration  of  the  deposit  of  certain  moneys  of 
the  State  of  Wyoming  for  safe  keeping  in bank 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF   WYOMING  93 

of ,  the  amount  whereof  shall  be  subject  to  with- 
drawal or  diminution  by  the  state  treasurer  of  said  state  as 
the  requirements  of  the  said  state  shall  demand,  and  which 
amount  may  be  increased  or  decreased  as  the  said  treasurer 
may  determine,  and,  Whereas,  The  said  bank,  in  consideration 
of  said  deposits,  and  for  the  privilege  of  keeping  the  same, 
has  agreed  to  pay  and  will  pay  to  the  State  of  Wyoming  inter- 
est on  account  of  said  deposit  at  the  rate  fixed  by  the  board 
of  deposits  of  the  said  state,  to-wit:  Interest  at  the  rate  of 

per  centum  per  annum,  the  same  to  be  paid  quarterly 

on  the  first  days  of  January,  April,  July  and  October  in  each 
year  upon  the  daily  average  balance  of  the  deposit  of  state 
funds  in  the  said  bank,  for  the  quarter  or  any  fraction  thereof 
next  preceding  the  payment  of  said  per  centum,  which  shall  be 
computed  and  credited  to  the  account  of  the  state,  and  shall 
become  a  part  thereof. 

Now,  Therefore,  If  the  said bank  of 

shall  on  or  before  the  tenth  day  of  each  month  render  to  the 
state  treasurer  and  state  auditor  of  .said  state  a  statement  in 
duplicate,  showing  the  daily  balance  of  the  state  moneys  held 
by  it  during  the  month  next  preceding,  and  the  interest  there- 
on, subject  at  all  times  to  the  check,  order  or  demand  of  the 
state  treasurer,  or  his  authorized  deputy,  as  aforesaid,  and  shall 
pay  over  the  same,  and  any  part  thereof,  upon  the  check, 
order  or  demand  of  the  state  treasurer,  or  his  authorized 
deputy,  and  shall  calculate,  credit  and  pay  said  interest  as 
aforesaid,  in  the  amount  and  manner  aforesaid,  and  shall  in 
all  respects  save  and  keep  the  state  of  Wyoming  and  the  state 
treasurer,  or  his  successor  in  office,  safe  and  harmless  for  and 
by  reason  of  the  making  of  said  deposit,  or  deposits,  then  this 
obligation  shall  be  void  and  of  no  effect,  otherwise  to  be  and 
to  remain  in  full  force  and  virtue. 

It  being  the  further  condition  of  the  above,  however,  that 
said  surety  shall  have  the  right  to  terminate  its  obligation  here- 
under  upon  giving  notice  in  writing  to  the  governor  and  state 
treasurer  of  said  state  of  its  election  so  to  do,  and  such  term- 
ination shall  take  effect  at  the  expiration  of  thirty  days  from 
receipt  of  said  notice  by  said  governor  and  state  treasurer. 

Witness  our  hands  and  seals,  the  day  and  year  first  above 
written. 

(Seal) 

(Seal) 

In  addition  to  the  other  limitations  herein  provided,  the 
said  treasurer  shall  not  have  on  deposit  in  any  bank,  at  any 
time,  more  than  ninety  per  cent  of  the  amount  of  the  bond 


94  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF   WYOMING 

given  by  said  bank,  and  the  bonds  shall  be  deposited  with  and 
held  by  the  state  treasurer.     [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  5.] 

Collateral  Security. 

Sec.  2491.  Any  such  depository  may,  instead  of  such  bond 
in  an  approved  surety  company,  furnish,  as  security  for  such 
deposit,  or  deposits,  United  States  government  bonds,  or  state 
bonds  of  this  state,  county,  city  or  school  district  bonds  or 
warrants  issued  by  virtue  of  the  laws  of  this  state,  worth  not 
less  than  their  par  value,  and  in  an  amount  equal,  at  least,  to 
the  maximum  amount  of  money  at  any  time  to  be  deposited 
with  such  bank ;  Provided,  however,  That  for  temporary  depos- 
its in  excess  of  the  amount  for  which  such  bank  may  bond  as 
provided  by  this  chapter,  such  depository  or  bank  may  deposit 
local  securities  having  an  appraised  value  of  at  least  twenty- 
five  per  cent  more  than  the  amount  of  such  temporary  depos- 
its ;  the  said  securities  to  be  approved  by  said  board  of  deposits 
and  to  be  accompanied  by  a  written  assignment  vesting  the 
legal  title  thereto  in  the  state  of  Wyoming,  as  collateral  secur- 
ity, that  such  depository,  so  depositing  and  assigning  said 
securities,  shall  and  will  safely  keep  and  pay  over  to  the  state 
treasurer,  or  his  authorized  deputy,  on  his  check,  order  or 
demand,  all  money  which  may  come  into  the  possession  of  such 
depository,  under  and  by  virtue  of  the  provisions  of  this  chap- 
ter, together  with  all  interest  accruing  thereon  as  herein  pro 
vided,  and  providing,  that  in  case  of  default  on  the  part  of 
such  depository,  the  said  state  shall  have  full  power  and  au- 
thority, to  sell,  in  the  manner  hereinafter  provided,  said  secur- 
ities or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary  to  realize  the 
full  amount  of  the  funds  of  the  state  so  deposited  in  said 
depository,  together  with  the  interest  thereon.  The  interest 
on  such  bonds,  so  deposited  and  furnished,  shall,  when  paid, 
be  turned  over  to  the  bank  so  depositing  the  same,  as  long 
as  it  is  not  in  default.  |  Amended  Chapter  94,  Session  Laws, 
1909.] 

Annual  Interest  Rate. 

Sec.  2492.  The  said  board  of  deposits  shall  annually,  on 
the  first  Monday  in  April  of  each  year,  or  as  soon  thereafter 
as  possible,  taking  into  consideration  all  information  before  it, 
fix  the  rate  of  interest  to  be  paid  on  the  deposits  herein  pro- 
vided for,  which  shall  not  be  less  than  two  per  centum  per 
annum,  nor  more  than  four  per  centum  per  annum,  and  which 
said  rate  shall  be  and  go  into  effect  on  the  first  day  of  May 
following,  and  which  rate  shall  not  be  changed  for  a  period  of 
one  year.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  7.] 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING  95 

Daily  Balance  Computations. 

Sec.  2493.  The  amount  to  be  paid  by  any  and  all  banks, 
under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  for  interest  on  such  public 
funds  on  deposit,  shall  be  computed  on  the  average  daily  bal- 
ance of  public  moneys  kept  on  deposit  therewith,  and  shall 
be  paid  to  the  state  treasurer  quarterly,  on  the  first  Monday  in 
January,  April,  July  and  October  of  each  year,  and  said  banks 
shall  quarterly,  on  the  first  Monday  of  January,  April,  July 
and  October  of  each  year,  render  a  statement  in  duplicate  to 
the  state  treasurer  and  state  auditor,  showing  the  amount  so 
paid.  The  state  treasurer  shall  require,  and  it  is  hereby  made 
the  duty  of  every  such  depository  to  keep  accurate  accounts 
of  all  moneys  deposited  with  it,  showing  the  amount  deposited 
and  when  deposited,  and  to  render  on  or  before  the  tenth  day 
of  each  and  every  month,  to  the  state  treasurer  and  state  audi- 
tor a  statement  in  dulicate  showing  the  daily  balances  of  the 
state  moneys  held  by  it  during  the  month  next  preceding,  and 
the  interest  thereon;  and  all  sums  paid  to  the  state  for  interest- 
as  aforesaid  shall  be  credited  by  the  treasurer  to  the  account 
of  the  several  funds  from  which  it  was  derived.  [S.  L.  1907, 
Ch.  30,  Sec.  8.] 

Withdrawals. 

Sec.  2494.  Nothing  in  this  chapter  shall  be  held  to  prevent 
the  state  treasurer  or  his  authorized  deputy  from  withdraw- 
ing any  and  all  of  said  funds  so  deposited,  for  the  purpose  of 
paying  the  appropriations  and  obligations  of  the  state  and 
paying  the  same  out  as  lawfully  required,  nor  shall  anything 
in  this  chapter  prevent  the  state  treasurer  or  his  authorized 
deputy  from  withdrawing  any  or  all  of  said  funds  so  deposited, 
whenever  he  deems  it  advisable  or  to  the  interests  of  the  state 
to  do  so.  The  state  treasurer,  and  his  sureties,  shall  be  respon- 
sible for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of  said  treas- 
urer under  the  law,  and  for  a  proper  accounting  and  turning 
over  to  his  successor  of  all  moneys  paid  to  said  treasurer  as 
such ;  but  he  shall  not  be  held  personally  liable  for  any  moneys 
that  may  be  lost  by  reason  of  the  failure  or  insolvency  of  any 
bank  selected  as  a  depository  under  the  provisions  of  this  chap- 
ter, nor  for  the  deficiency  or  loss  upon  any  bond,  or  securities 
deposited  by  any  bank,  if  the  said  bond  or  securities  so  de- 
posited have  been  approved  by  the  board  of  deposits ;  Pro- 
vided, however,  ^That  if  such  loss  could  have  been  avoided  by 
the  exercise  of  reasonable  care  and  diligence  on  the  part  of 
said  treasurer  or  his  deputy,  then  and  in  such  case  the  said 
treasurer  shall  be  liable  to  the  state  for  such  loss ;  but  nothing 
in  this  section  contained  shall  be  construed  as  relieving  from 


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any  liability  any  bond  given  or  any  collateral  deposited  under 
the  provisions  of  this  chapter.     [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  9.] 

Funds  Not  Deposited. 

Sec.  2495.  Whenever  any  state  funds  remain  on  hand 
which  cannot  be  placed  in  the  banks  of  this  state  under  the 
provisions  of  this  chapter,  then  the  state  treasurer  shall  imme- 
diately notify  the  chairman  of  said  board  of  deposits,  which 
said  board  shall  immediately  thereupon  hold  a  meeting,  and,  if 
possible,  secure  other  banks  in  the  state  to  hold  said  funds 
under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter.  During  the  time  that 
funds  cannot  be  deposited  in  the  banks  entitled  thereto  under 
the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  the  state  treasurer  shall  hold 
said  funds  in  safe  keeping,  and  in  that  case  he  and  his  sureties 
on  his  bond  shall  be  responsible  for  the  safe  keeping  of  such 
money  and  turning  the  same  over  to  his  successor.  [S.  L. 
1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  10.] 

Sale  of  Collateral. 

Sec,  2496.  The  state  treasurer  is  hereby  authorized  and 
empowered  to  sell  any  or  all  bonds  that  may  be  deposited  as 
collateral  security  for  the  deposit  of  any  state  fund  in  any 
depository  under  this  chapter,  at  a  public  or  private  sale,  when- 
ever there  shall  be  a  failure  or  refusal  upon  the  part  of  any 
bank,  as  a  state  depository,  to  pay  over  the  funds,  or  any  part 
thereof,  upon  the  demand  or  order  of  the  state  treasurer,  or 
his  authorized  deputy,  on  such  bank.  Notice  of  the  sale  of 
bonds  under  this  chapter  shall  be  given  by  publication  in  a 
newspaper  published  at  the  capital  of  Wyoming,  once  each 
week  for  five  consecutive  weeks,  and  when  a  sale  of  bonds  is 
made  by  the  said  state  treasurer,  either  at  public  or  private  sale 
under  this  chapter,  and  such  bonds  have  been  transferred  by 
the  chairman  and  secretary  of  the  said  board  of  deposits,  the 
aboslute  ownership  of  such  bonds  shall  vest  in  the  purchaser 
or  purchasers,  upon  the  payment  of  the  purchase  money  to  the 
state  treasurer.  Should  there  be  any  surplus  after  paying  the 
amount  due  the  state  and  expenses  of  sale,  it  shall  be  paid  to 
the  bank  which  made  the  deposit  of  such  securities.  [S.  L. 
1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  11.] 

Recovery  on  Bonds. 

Sec.  2497.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  attorney  general 
of  the  state  to  enter  and  prosecute,  in  the  name  of  the  state,  to 
final  determination,  all  suits  for  the  recovery  of  any  penalty 
arising  under  the  conditions  of  any  bond  given,  or  required 
to  be  given  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter  to  the  state  of 
Wyoming.  [S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  12.] 


SCHOOL   LAWS  OF   WYOMING  97 

Investment  Permanent  Funds. 

Sec.  2498.  Nothing  in  this  chapter  shall  be  construed  to 
prevent  the  proper  state  authorities  from  investing  as  provided 
l>v  law  anv  of  the  permanent  funds  of  this  state.  [S.  L.  1907, 
(;h.  30,  Sec.  14.] 

County,  City  and  School  Funds. 

Sec.  2499.  Under  this  chapter  the  term  ''proper  govern- 
ing board"  shall  be  held  to  mean  when  applied  to  the  deposit 
of  county  funds  "the  board  of  county  commissioners"  of  such 
county;  when  applied  to  the  deposit  of  funds  of  a  city  or 
town,  the  mayor  and  council  or  the  mayor  and  trustees,  as 
the  case  may  be,  of  such  city  or  town,  and  when  applied  to 
the  deposit  of  school  district  funds,  the  board  of  directors  or 
trustees  of  such  school  district.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  15.] 

Deposits — City,  County,  Town  and  School  District  Treasurers. 
Sec.  2500.  Every  county  treasurer,  city  treasurer,  town 
trustees  and  treasurer  of  a  school  district,  within  the  state  of 
Wyoming,  shall  deposit,  and  at  all  times  keep  on  deposit 
for  safe  keeping,  in  banks,  incorporated  under  the  laws  of 
this  state  and  in  national  banks,  doing  business  in  his  county, 
when  designated  as  depositories  by  the  proper  governing 
board,  the  amount  of  moneys  in  his  hands  collected  and  held 
by  him  as  such  treasurer.  Any  such  bank,  located  in  such 
county,  may  apply  for  the  privilege  of  keeping  such  moneys 
upon  the  following  conditions :  All  such  deposits  shall  be  sub- 
ject to  payment  when  demanded  by  the  proper  treasurer  on 
his  check,  order  or  demand,  and  by  all  banks,  receiving  and 
holding  such  deposits,  interest  shall  be  paid  at  a  rate  not  less 
than  two  per  cent  per  annum  nor  more  than  four  per  cent  per 
annum,  as  may  be  determined  by  the  proper  governing  board 
upon  the  amount  so  deposited,  as  hereinafter  provided,  and 
subject  also  to  such  regulations  as  are  imposed  by  law.  [S. 
L.  1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  16.] 

Depositories — Interest. 

Sec.  2501.  Such  applications  by  such  banks,  shall  be  sub- 
mitted to  the  proper  governing  board  on  or  before  the  first 
Monday  of  April  of  each  year,  and  shall  be  acted  upon  by  the 
proper  governing  board  on  the  said  first  Monday  of  April  of 
each  year,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  practicable,  and  said  board 
shall  also  at  said  time  fix  the  rate  of  interest,  which  said  rate 
shall  go  into  effect  on  May  1st  following  and  shall  not  be 
changed  for  one  year,  and  no  moneys  shall  be  deposited  by  any 
such  treasurer  except  in  such  banks  as  have  been  approved  by 
the  proper  governing  board.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  17.] 


98  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

How  Interest  Computed. 

Sec.  2502.  The  amount  to  be  paid  by  any  and  all  banks 
under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter  for  interest  on  public  funds 
on  deposit  shall  be  computed  on  the  average  daily  balance 
of  the  public  moneys  kept  on  deposit  therewith,  and  shall 
be  paid  and  credited  to  the  proper  county,  city,  town,  or  school 
district  on  the  first  day  of  January,  April,  July  and  October  of 
each  year;  and  every  such  bank  shall  keep  account  of  such 
public  moneys  as  may  be  deposited,  and  when  deposited,  and 
the  interest  thereon  as  aforesaid,  and  shall  make  a  statement 
thereof,  in  duplicate,  to  the  proper  treasurer,  and  the  proper 
governing  board,  on  the  first  Monday  of  January,  April,  July 
and  October  of  each  year  and  all  interest  paid  on  said  public 
moneys  shall  be  credited  by  the  proper  treasurer  to  the  ac- 
count of  the  several  funds  from  which  it  is  derived.  [S.  L. 
1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  18.] 

Security  Required. 

Sec.  2503.  For  the  security  of  the  funds  so  deposited  un- 
der the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  the  proper  treasurer  shall 
require  all  such  depositories  to  give  bonds  for  the  safe  keeping 
and  payment  of  such  deposits  and  the  interest  thereon,  which 
bond  shall  run  to  the  proper  county,  city,  town  or  school  dis- 
trict, and  be  approved  by  the  proper  governing  board  of  such 
county,  city,  town  or  school  district,  and  conditioned  that  such 
depository  shall,  on  the  first  Monday  of  each  January,  April, 
July  and  October  of  each  year,  render  to  the  proper  treasurer, 
and  the  proper  governing  board  of  the  county,  city,  town  or 
school  district,  a  statement  in  duplicate,  showing  the  several 
daily  balances,  and  the  amount  of  public  moneys  held  by  it 
during  the  preceding  three  months,  and  the  amount  of  the 
interest  thereon,  and  how  credited,  and  for  the  payment  of  the 
said  deposits,  and  the  interest  accrued  thereon,  as  herein  pro- 
vided, and  when  demanded  by  the  proper  treasurer  on  his 
check,  order  or  demand  at  any  time,  and  generally  to  do  and 
perform  whatever  may  be  required  by  the  provisions  of  this 
chapter,  and  a  faithful  discharge  of  the  trust  reposed  in  such 
depository.  The  said  bond  in  substance  shall  be  similar,  or 
as  near  as  may  be,  to  the  bonds  required  of  state  depositories, 
and  when  the  penalty  thereof  exceeds  the  sum  of  five  thousand 
dollars,  such  bond  shall  be  furnished  by  some  responsible 
surety  company  authorized  to  do  business  in  this  state.  No 
county,  municipal  or  school  district  treasurer  shall  have  on  de- 
posit in  any  bank  at  any  one  time  more  than  one-half  of  the 
penal  amount  named  in  its  said  bond  in  all  cases  where  private 
bonds  are  furnished,  nor  more  than  ninety  per  cent  of  the 


SCHOOL  LAWS   OF   WYOMING  99 

amount  of  all  other  bonds,  nor  more  than  one-half  of  the  paid 
up  capital  stock  and  unimpaired  capital  stock  and  surplus  of 
such  bank.  The  bonds  shall  be  deposited  with  the  clerk  of  the 
county,  city,  town  or  school  district  to  which  said  bond  may 
be  given.  Where  there  are  no  banks  in  the  county,  or  where 
the  banks  in  the  proper  county  refuse  or  fail  to  bid  on  said 
money,  or  refuse  or  fail  to  receive  the  said  funds  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  chapter,  then  part  or  all  of  said  money  may 
be  deposited  under  the  conditions  of  this  act,  in  any  other  bank 
in  the  state,  selected  by  the  proper  governing  board  of  the 
county,  city,  town  or  school  district,  as  the  case  may  be.  [S. 
L.  1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  19.] 

Collateral  Security. 

Sec.  2504.  Instead  of  the  bonds  provided  for  in  Section 
2503,  the  bank  or  banks  receiving  on  deposit  public  funds  may, 
as  security  therefor,  furnish  to  the  proper  treasurer  of  any 
county,  municipality  or  school  district,  securities  of  the  kind 
mentioned  in  Section  2491,  to  be  approved  by  the  proper  gov- 
erning board  and  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  applicable  to 
such  securities  when  furnished  by  state  depositories,  shall  be 
applicable,  as  near  as  may  be,  to  such  securities  when  furnished 
to  the  treasurer  of  any  county,  municipality  or  school  district. 
[S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  20.] 

Funds  Not  Deposited. 

Sec.  2505.  Whenever  funds  remain  on  hand  which  can- 
not be  placed  in  the  banks  of  the  respective  counties  of  this 
state  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  then  the  proper 
treasurer  shall  immediately  notify  the  chairman  of  the  proper 
governing  board,  which  said  board  shall  immediately  there- 
upon hold  a  meeting  and,  if  possible,  secure  other  banks  in  the 
state  to  hold  said  funds  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter. 
During  the  time  that  funds  cannot  be  deposited  in  the  banks 
entitled  thereto  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter^  the  proper 
treasurer  shall  hold  said  deposits  in  safe  keeping,  and  shall  be 
liable  on  his  official  bond  for  such  funds  so  held.  [S.  L.  1907, 
Ch.  30,  Sec.  21.] 

Treasurer's  Liability. 

Sec.  2506.  No  county,  city,  town  or  school  district  treas- 
urer shall  be  liable  on  his  official  bond  for  money  on  deposit 
in  any  bank  under  and  by  direction  of  the  proper  legal  au- 
thority and  in  conformity  to  the  provisions  of  this  chapter  if 
said  bank  has  given  bond  which  has  been  approved  as  herein 
provided,  except  in  cases  where  any  loss  could  have  been  pre- 
vented by  the  exercise  of  reasonable  care  on  the  part  of  t.uch 


100  SCHOOL   LAWS   OF   WYOMING 

treasurer.  Nothing  in  this  section  contained  shall  be  construed 
as  relieving  from  any  liability  any  bond  given  or  any  col- 
lateral deposited  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter.  Nor 
shall  anything  in  this  chapter  prevent  the  proper  treasurer 
from  withdrawing  any  or  all  funds  by  him  deposited  in  ac- 
cordance with  this  chapter,  whenever  he  deems  it  advisable  or 
to  the  interests  of  the  public  which  he  represents,  or  to  \.ay 
out  money  as  by  law  required.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec  22.] 

Profit  Making  Prohibited. 

Sec.  2507.  The  making  of  profit,  directly,  or  indirectly, 
by  any  state  treasurer,  or  by  the  treasurer  of  any  county,  city, 
town  or  school  district,  or  by  any  other  public  officer  or  em- 
ployee having  in  his  custody  or  under  his  control  any  public 
moneys,  by  loaning  such  moneys  or  by  depositing  tha  same 
contrary  to  the  provisions  of  this  chapter  or  the  usiru?  of  such 
moneys  by  any  of  said  public  officers  or  employes  for  <my  pur- 
pose not  authorized  by  law,  shall  be  deemed  a  felony  and  are 
hereby  prohibited,  and  any  of  said  public  officers  or  employee,* 
who  shall  violate  any  of  the  foregoing  provisions  of  this  sec- 
tion shall,  on  conviction,  be  punished  by  imprisonment  in  the 
state  penitentiary  for  a  term  not  exceeding  two  years  or  by  a 
fine  not  exceeding  five  thousand  dollars,  or  by  both  such  fine 
and  imprisonment.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  23.] 

Bribes— Penalty. 

Sec.  2508.  The  offering  or  giving,  directly  or  indirectly, 
by  any  person  to  any  public  officer  or  employee  having  in  his 
custody  or  under  his  control  any  public  moneys  of  any  gift, 
compensation,  reward  or  inducement  for  the  purpose  of  induc- 
ing any  such  public  officer  or  employee  to  deposit  such  public 
moneys  in  any  bank  *or  to  use  the  same  in  any  manner  not 
authorized  by  law,  shall  be  deemed  a  felony  and  is  hereby 
prohibited,  and  any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of 
this  section  shall,  on  conviction,  be  punished  by  imprisonment 
in  the  penitentiary  for  a  term  not  exceeding  two  years  or  by 
a  fine  not  exceeding  five  thousand  dollars,  or  by  both  such^ 
fine  and  imprisonment.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  24.] 


PROTECTION  OF  BIRDS. 

Unlawful  to  Kill— Penalty. 

Sec.  2788.  Any  person  who  shall,  within  the  state  of 
Wyoming,  kill  or  catch  or  have  in  his  or  her  possession,  living 
or  dead,  any  wild  bird  other  than  a  game  bird,  or  who  shall 
purchase,  offer  or  expose  for  sale  any  such  wild  bird  after  it 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING  101 

has  been  killed  or  caught,  shall  for  each  offense,  be  subject  to 
a  fine  of  not  more  than  five  dollars  for  each  such  bird  killed  or 
caught,  or  had  in  possession,  living  or  dead,  or  imprisonment 
for  not  more  than  ten  days,  or  both,  at  the  discretion  of  the 
court.  For  the  purposes  of  this  chapter  the  following  only 
shall  be  considered  game  birds:  The  Anatidae,  commonly 
known  as  swans,  geese,  brant  and  river  and  lake  ducks;  the 
Eallidae,  commonly  known  as  rails,  coots  and  mud-hens;  the 
Limicolae,  commonly  known  as  shore-birds,  plovers,  snipe, 
sandpipers,  tatlers,  willets,  curlews,  godwits  and  avocets;  the 
Gallinaw,  commonly  known  as  grouse,  prairie  chickens,  pheas- 
ants, sage  hens,  partridges  and  quails.  [S.  L.  1901,  Ch.  37, 
Sec.  1.] 

Destruction  of  Eggs — Penalty. 

Sec.  2789.  Any  person  who  shall,  within  the  state  of 
Wyoming,  take  or  needlessly  destroy  the  nest  or  the  eggs  of 
any  wild  bird,  or  shall  have  such  nest  or  eggs  in  his  or  her  pos- 
session, shall  be  subject  for  each  offense  to  a  fine  of  not  more 
than  five  dollars,  or  imprisonment  for  not  more  than  ten  days, 
or  both,  at  the  discretion  of  the  court.  [S.  L.  1901,  Ch.  37, 
Sec.  2.] 

Scientific  Use  Permitted. 

Sec.  2790.  Sections  2788  and  2789  shall  not  apply  to  any 
person  holding  a  certificate  giving  the  right  to  take  birds,  their 
nests  and  eggs,  for  scientific  purposes,  as  provided  for  in 
Section  2791.  [S.  L.  1901,  Ch.  37,  Sec.  3.] 

Certificates — Bond. 

Sec.  2791.  Certificates  may  be  granted  by  the  superin- 
tendent of  public  instruction  to  any  properly  accredited  person 
of  the  age  of  fifteen  years  or  upwards,  permitting  the  holder 
thereof  to  collect  birds,  their  nests  or  eggs,  for  strictly  scien- 
tific purposes  only.  No  such  certificate  shall  be  issued  until 
the  applicant  therefor  shall  have  filed  with  the  said  superin- 
tendent of  public  instruction  written  testimonials  from  two 
well  known  scientific  men  or  educators,  certifying  to  the  good 
character  and  fitness  of  said  applicant  to  be  entrusted  with 
such  privilege.  Said  applicant  must  file  with  said  persons  or 
officers  a  properly  executed  bond,  in  the  sum  of  two  hundred 
dollars,  signed  by  two  responsible  citizens  of  the  state  as  sure- 
ties. This  bond  shall  be  forfeited  to  the  state,  and  the  certifi- 
cate become  void,  upon  proof  that  the  holder  of  such  certificate 
has  killed  any  birds,  or  taken  the  nest  or  eggs  of  any  bird, 
for  other  than  the  purposes  named  in  Sections  2790  and  2791, 
and  shall  be  further  subject  for  each  offense  to  the  penalties 


102  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

provided  therefor  in  Sections  2788  and  2789.      [S.  L.   1901, 
Ch.  37,  Sec.  4.] 

Term  of  Certificate. 

Sec.  2792.  The  certificate  authorized  by  this  act  shall  be 
in  force  for  one  year  only  from  the  date  of  its  issue,  and  shall 
not  be  transferable.  [S.  L.  1901,  Ch.  37,  Sec.  5.] 

Birds  Not  Protected. 

Sec.  2793.  The  following  named  birds  shall  be  exempt 
from  protection  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  viz: 
English  sparrow,  magpie,  sharp-shinned  hawk,  Cooper's  hawk, 
goshawk,  duck  hawk,  gold  or  brown  eagle,  kingfisher  and 
blue  heron.  [S.  L.  1901,  Ch.  37,  Sec.  6;  S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  79.] 


BOARD  OF  HEALTH. 

Vaccination. 

Sec.  2940.  The  state  board  of  health  may  adopt  such 
measures  for  the  general  vaccination  of  the  inhabitants  of  any 
city,  town,  or  county  in  the  state,  as  they  may  deem  proper 
and  necessary  to  prevent  the  introduction  or  arrest  the  prog- 
ress of  smallpox;  and  every  person  who  shall  refuse  to  be 
vaccinated,  or  prevent  any  person  under  his  care  and  control 
from  being  vaccinated,  or  who  shall  fail  to  present  himself 
or  herself  to  the  county  health  officer  or  a  practicing  physi- 
cian acting  under  the  direction  of  the  board  or  county  health 
officer,  for  the  purpose  of  being  vaccinated,  if  such  physician 
believes  vaccination  necessary,  shall  upon  conviction  be  fined 
not  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  nor  less  than  ten  dollars,  or 
imprisoned  in  the  county  jail  not  more  than  thirty  days.  [S. 
L.  1901,  Ch.  55,  Sec.  13.] 


INTEREST  AND  USURY. 

When  Rate  Not  Effective. 

Sec.  3364.  The  rate  of  interest  fixed  by  this  chapter  shall 
not  affect  interest  on  purchase  of  school,  university  and  agri- 
cultural lands,  or  on  lands  delinquent,  or  sold  for  the  non- 
payment of  taxes ;  or  the  rates  of  interest  on  warrants  issued 
any  county,  city,  town,  village  or  school  district,  but  they  and 
by  the  proper  authorities  of  the  state,  county,  city,  town,  vil- 
lage or  other  municipal  subdivision,  or  any  bonds  issued  by 


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each  of  them  shall  draw  interest  and  be  payable  in  the  manner 
now,  or  that  may  hereafter  be  fixed  by  law.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch. 
30,  Sec.  10.] 

Interest  on  Public  Warrants. 

Sec.  3365.  All  state,  county,  school  district,  town,  city, 
or  other  public  warrants  issued  after  June  1st,  eighteen  hun- 
dred and  ninety,  for  any  salary  or  salaries,  fee  or  fees,  or  for 
or  on  account  of  any  public  indebtedness,  claim  or  demand, 
whatever,  which  indebtedness,  claim  or  demand  shall  have 
accrued  on  any  public  contract,  transaction,  or  liability,  en- 
tered into  or  arising  after  the  1st  day  of  June,  eighteen  hun- 
dred and  ninety,  shall  draw  interest  upon  the  amount  ex- 
pressed in  such  warrant  or  warrants  at  the  rate  of  six  per 
centum  per  annum  from  the  date  of  the  presentation  thereof 
for  payment  at  the  treasury  or  other  place  where  the  same 
may  be  payable,  until  there  is  money  in  the  treasury  for  the 
payment  thereof,  and  it  shall  be  unlawful  to  allow  or  pay  any 
rate  of  interest  upon  such  warrant  or  warrants,  except  as 
herein  specified  and  expressed,  and  every  state  or  county 
treasurer  or  municipal  officer  duly  authorized  to  act  as  treas- 
urer, to  whom  such  warrant  or  order  is  presented  for  payment, 
provided  he  has  not  sufficient  funds  in  the  treasury  to  pay  the 
same,  shall  endorse  thereon  the  words  "not  paid,  for  want  of 
funds,"  and  sign  and  date  the  same  officially.  [S.  L.  1890, 
Ch.  22.] 


LEGAL  HOLIDAYS. 

Legal  Holidays. 

Sec.  3581.  The  1st  day  of  January,  the  12th  day  of  Febru- 
ary,  the  22d  day  of  February,  the  30th  day  of  May,  the  4th  day 
of  July,  the  day  that  may  be  appointed  by  the  president  of  the 
United  States  as  the  annual  Thanksgiving  day,  the  25th  day  of 
December  of  each  and  every  year,  all  days  upon  which  general 
elections  are  held  and  Arbor  day,  are  hereby  declared  legal 
holidays  in  and  for  the  state  of  Wyoming.  If  the  1st  day  of 
January,  the  12th  day  of  February,  the  22d  day  of  February, 
the  30th  day  of  May,  the  4th  day  of  July  or  the  25th  day  of 
December,  fall  upon  a  Sunday,  the  Monday  following  shall  be 
a  legal  holiday.  [S.  L.  1901,  Ch.  93.] 

Note — Labor  day  is  a  national  holiday. 

Arbor  Day. 

Sec.  3582.  The  governor  shall  annually,  in  the  spring, 
designate  by  official  proclamation,  an  arbor  day,  to  be  ob- 


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served  by  the  schools  and  for  economic  tree  planting.     [R.  S. 
1899,  Ch.  2697.] 


MISCELLANEOUS. 

Public  Officers  Subject  to  Garnishment. 

Sec.  4797.  All  state,  county,  city,  town  and  school  district 
officers  shall  be  liable  and  subject  to  garnishment  in  civil  ac- 
tions on  debts  hereafter  contracted,  in  the  same  manner,  and 
for  the  same  causes  as  private  individuals  now  are,  or  here- 
after may  be  liable  and  subject  to  garnishment  under  the  laws 
of  this  state.  [S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  140,  Sec.  1.] 

Disposition  of  Fines. 

Sec.  6116.  If  a  fine  be  imposed  and  paid  before  commit- 
ment, it  shall  be  received  by  the  justice  and  by  him  paid  over  to 
the  county  treasurer,  within  thirty  days  after  the  receipt 
thereof,  for  the  use  of  the  schools  in  the  county.  [R.  S.  1887, 
Sec.  3651.] 

Payment  of  Fine  Commitment. 

Sec.  6117.  If  the  defendant  be  committed  for  not  paying 
a  fine,  he  may  pay  it  to  the  sheriff  of  the  county,  or.  to  the 
justice  by  whom  the  commitment  was  made,  but  to  no  other 
person ;  who  must  in  like  manner,  within  thirty  days  after  the 
receipt  thereof,  pay  it  into  the  county  treasury  for  the  use  of 
the  schools  in  the  county.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3652.] 


CHAPTER  25. 
CO  OPERATIVE  AGRICULTURAL  EXTENSION  WORK. 

Act  of  Congress  Accepted — Authority  of  University  Trustees. 

Sec.  1.  The  terms  and  conditions  of  an  act  of  Congress 
approved  by  the  President  May  8th,  1914,  entitled  "An  Act  to 
provide  for  Co-operative  Agricultural  Extension  Work  between 
the  Agricultural  Colleges  in  the  several  states  receiving  the 
benefits  of  the  Act  of  Congress  approved  July  2nd,  1862,  and 
Acts  supplementary  thereto,  and  the  United  States  Department 
of  Agriculture,"  are  hereby  assented  to  and  accepted  by  the 
state  of  Wyoming,  and  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  University 
of  Wyoming  be  and  they  are  hereby  authorized  and  empowered 
to  receive  the  grants  of  money  appropriated  under  said  act, 
and  to  organize  and  conduct  agricultural  extension  work  which 
shall  be  carried  on  in  connection  with  the  college  of  agriculture 
of  said  university  in  accordance  with  the  terms  and  condi- 
tions expressed  in  the  Act  of  Congress  aforesaid. 


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Appropriation. 

Sec.  2.  That  for  the  purpose  of  paying  the  expenses  of 
said  co-operative  agricultural  extension  work  or  other  agricul- 
tural extension  work,  and  the  necessary  printing  and  distribut- 
ing of  information  in  connection  with  the  same,  there  is  ap- 
propriated annually  out  of  the  money  in  the  state  treasury 
not  otherwise  appropriated  $8,000,  which  shall  be  paid  annually 
to  the  treasurer  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  University  of 
Wyoming,  Provided  that  there  is  also  appropriated  an  addi- 
tional sum  of  $2000.00  for  the  fiscal  year  following  that  in 
which  the  foregoing  appropriation  first  becomes  available,  and 
for  each  year  thereafter  for  ten  years  a  sum  exceeding  by 
$1,000.00  the  sum  appropriated  for  each  preceding  year. 

Funds  for  County  Work — Agreement  with  Agricultural  College. 

Sec.  3.  That  the  county  commissioners  of  each  of  the  sev- 
eral counties  of  the  state  are  hereby  authorized  to  provide  and 
appropriate  funds  for  use  in  and  about  agricultural  or  farm 
demonstrations  and  field  work  in  such  county,  such  funds  to  be 
provided  either  by  special  provision  in  the  annual  tax  levy, 
not  exceeding  one-fourth  (14)  mill,  of  such  county  or  by  ap- 
propriation of  funds  not  otherwise  appropriated,  and  the  same 
to  be  expended  subject  to  the  supervision  of  the  Agricultural 
College  of  the  University  of  Wyoming ;  and  for  each  dollar  so 
provided  by  such  county  there  is  hereby  appropriated,  in  addi- 
tion to  the  appropriation  provided  for  in  Section  2  of  this  Act, 
the  sum  of  two  dollars  to  be  paid  out  of  any  moneys  in  the 
general  fund  of  the  state  not  otherwise  appropriated  and  to 
be  available  when  the  secretary  of  state  has  been  advised  by 
the  certificate  of  the  county  commissioners  of  such  county, 
countersigned  by  the  president  of  the  State  University,  that 
such  provision  has  been  actually  made  and  that  memorandums 
of  agreement  have  been  entered  into  between  said  county  and 
the  Agricultural  College  of  the  University  of  Wyoming,  said 
moneys  to  be  turned  in  to  the  treasurer  of  the  board  of  trustees 
of  the  university ;  provided,  however,  that  in  no  event  shall  the 
total  amount  so  appropriated  to  any  one  county  exceed 
$8000.00  during  any  one  year. 

Districts. 

Sec.  4.  In  order  to  obtain  or  increase  the  benefits  to  be 
derived  from  the  provisions  of  this  act,  any  two  or  more  con- 
tiguous counties  may  unite  in  the  formation  of  a  district  and 
each  district  so  formed  shall  be  regarded,  for  the  purpose  of 
this  act,  as  a  single  county  and  shall  be  entitled  to  the  same 
benefits  under  this  act  as  if  such  districts  were  in  fact  one 
county;  provided,  however,  that  no  county  included  in  such 


106  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

district  as  a  county,  shall  be  entitled  to  any  of  the  benefits  of 
this  act  as  long  as  the  district  formed  as  aforesaid,  of  which 
county  is  a  part,  shall:  receive  such  benefits. 

Agricultural  Experts. 

Sec.  5.  When  the  county  commissioners  of  any  county 
or  district,  composed  of  two  or  more  counties,  have  complied 
with  the  provisions  of  Section  3  of  this  act,  they  shall  make  a 
request  for  a  county  agent  or  agricultural  expert  to  be  sent 
them  by  the  Agricultural  College  of  the  University  of  Wyoming 
and  the  authorities  of  said  university  shall  provide  them  with 
a  suitable  man,  qualified  to  do  the  work  usually  expected  from 
a  man  educated  in  the  science  of  agriculture ;  provided,  an  un- 
satisfactory man  shall  not  be  continued  as  county  agent.  And 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Agricultural  College  of  the  Univer- 
sity to  carry  into  effect  the  provisions  of  conferring  with  each 
board  of  county  commissioners. 

Money  from  Other  Sources. 

Sec.  6.  That  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  University  of 
Wyoming  is  authorized  to  receive  from  any  source  whenever 
and  wherever  the  same  may  be  available,  moneys  to  be  applied 
and  expended  under  the  supervision  of  said  Agricultural  Col- 
lege, in  aid  of  all  or  any  of  the  purposes  aforesaid  and  all  such 
sums  shall  be  and  are  hereby  deemed  to  be  appropriated  for 
the  purposes  aforesaid.  Any  and  all  sums  so  received  shall 
be  in  addition  to  any  other  benefits  to  be  derived  by  such 
county  hereunder,  and  shall  be  paid  out  upon  requisition  as 
provided  for  other  university  funds. 

Sec.  7.  All  acts  or  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  with  this  act 
are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  8.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  passage. 

Approved  February  11,  1915. 


CHAPTER  33. 
POLL  TAXES. 

Levy  and  Collection. 

Sec.  1.  Section  2415  of  the  Wyoming  Compiled  Statutes 
of  3910  is  hereby  amended  and  re-enacted  to  read  as  follows, 
to-wit : 

"Sec.  2415.  At  their  first  meeting  in  January  of  each 
year,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  possible,  the  Boards  of  Coiu- 
missioners  in  each  and  every  county  in  the  State,  shall  an- 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING  107 

nually  levy  a  school  poll  tax  of  two  dollars  for  each  and  every 
person  between  the  ages  of  twenty-one  years  and  fifty  years 
inclusive,  for  county  school  purposes,  which  poll  tax  shall  be 
due  and  payable  at  the  time  of  assessment;  and  may  be  col- 
lected by  the  county  assessors  at  any  time  during  the  year,  and 
it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  treasurer  or  collector  to  levy  upon  any 
county  warrant  or  warrants,  or  other  evidences  of  indebted- 
ness, which  are  the  property  of  any  delinquent  taxpayer,  at 
any  time  after  said  poll  tax  shall  have  become  due  and  pay- 
able, and  to  sell  and  dispose  of  the  same  to  the  best  advantage, 
and  apply  the  proceeds  thereof  to  the  payment  of  taxes  due 
from  said  delinquent,  giving  a  proper  receipt  therefor  to  said 
delinquent.  Provided,  that  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall 
not  be  construed  to  apply  to  owners  of  real  estate  in  the  county 
where  school  poll  taxes  are  levied." 

Receipts  Prepared  by  County  Treasurer. 

Sec.  2.  The  county  treasurer  shall,  before  the  first  day 
of  March,  1915,  and  before  the  first  Monday  in  February  of 
each  year  thereafter,  cause  to  be  printed  blank  stub  poll  tax 
receipts,  for  the  use  of  the  assessors  and  deputies.  The  style 
of  such  blanks  shall  be  changed  every  year.  The  county  treas- 
urer shall,  before  the  first  day  of  March,  1915,  and  before  the 
first  Monday  in  February  of  each  year  thereafter; 

1.  Number  and  sign  the  blank  poll  tax  receipts. 

2.  At  the  time  of  signing  make  an  entry  of  the  whole 
number  thereof,  and  of  the  first  and  last  number  placed  thereon, 
in  a  book  to  be  kept  by  him  for  that  purpose. 

3.  Deliver  all  such  blanks  to  the  county  clerk,  and  charge 
him  therewith. 

Duty  of  County  Clerk. 

Sec.  3.  The  county  clerk,  upon  receipt  thereof,  shall  sign 
the  same,  and  make  in  a  book  to  be  kept  by  him  for  that  pur- 
pose a  similar  entry  to  that  prescribed  in  sub-division  2,  of 
the  preceding  section.  The  county  clerk  shall,  at  any  time  after 
the  first  Monday  in  February,  deliver  to  the  assessor  the  blanks 
and  charge  him  therewith. 

Duty  of  County  Asessor. 

Sec.  4.  The  assesor  shall  demand  payment  of  poll  tax  of 
every  person  liable  therefor  whose  name  does  not  appear  upon 
the  assessment  list.  Poll  tax  shall  be  added  upon  the  assessment 
list  to  other  taxes  of  persons  liable  therefor,  paying  taxes  upon 
real  and  personal  property,  and  paid  to  the  county  treasurer 
at  the  time  of  the  payment  of  other  taxes.  Every  person  in- 
debted to  one  who  neglects  or  refuses,  after  demand,  to  pay 


108  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

a  poll  tax  becomes  liable  therefor,  and  must  pay  the  same  for 
such  other  person  or  persons,  after  service  upon  him  by  the 
assessor  of  a  notice  in  writing,  stating  the  name  of  such  person 
or  persons.  Notice  to  a  corporation  shall  be  served  on  the 
person  on  whom  process  may  be  served,  as  in  civil  actions. 

Employers  Liable. 

Sec.  5.  Every  person,  corporation  or  association  employ- 
ing one  or  more  persons  subject  to  poll  taxes  are  liable  for  any 
and  all  poll  taxes  that  may  be  due  from  such  employees,  and 
may  deduct  the  amounts  paid  out  for  such  poll  taxes  from  any 
sum  due  to  the  extent  of  any  moneys  due  to  such  employees  at 
the  time  when  served  with  notice  by  the  Assessor  as  provided  in 
Section  4  of  this  Act,  or  that  may  afterwards  become  due, 
for  such  employees,  whether  the  wages  are  payable  directly 
to  the  employees  or  other  persons  who  furnish  such  employees 
under  contract.  The  assessor  may  require  the  person  or  his 
agent  or  any  officer  or  agent  or  manager  of  any  association 
to  make  a  verified  statement  showing  the  number  and  giving 
the  names  of  the  employees  of  such  person,  association  or  cor- 
poration. The  person,  association  or  corporation  refusing  to 
make  such  verified  statement  shall  forfeit  the  sum  of  one 
hundred  dollars  which  may  be  recovered  in  an  action  brought 
in  the  name  of  the  county. 

Assessor  May  Seize  Property. 

Sec.  6.  The  assessor,  in  case  of  the  failure  of  a  person, 
corporation  or  association  to  pay  the  poll  tax  in  the  manner 
mentioned  in  this  chapter,  shall  seize  so  much  of  the  property 
of  such  person,  association  or  corporation  as  will  be  sufficient 
to  pay  the  poll  tax  and  costs,  and  sell  the  same  as  provided 
in  Section  2419  of  Chapter  162,  Compiled  Statutes  of  Wyoming, 
1910.  Every  person  paying  the  poll  tax  of  another  may  deduct 
the  same  from  any  indebtedness  of  such  other  person.  The 
assessor  shall  deliver  the  poll  tax  receipt,  filled  out  with  the 
name  of  the  person  owning  the  tax,  to  the  purchaser  of  property 
at  any  such  sale ;  in  other  cases  he  shall  deliver  it,  filled  out  in 
like  manner,  to  the  person  paying  the  tax.  The  receipt  so  de- 
livered is  the  only  evidence  of  payment. 

Monthly  and  Final  Settlement  by  Assessor. 

Sec.  7.  On  the  first  Monday  in  each  month  the  assessor 
shall  make  oath  before  the  county  clerk,  of  the  total  amount 
of  poll  taxes  collected  by  him  during  the  last  preceding  month, 
and  shall,  at  the  same  time,  settle  with  the  county  clerk  for  the 
same,  and  pay  into  the  county  treasurer's  office  the  total  amount 
of  poll  taxes  collected.  On  the  first  Monday  in  January  of  each 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF   WYOMING  109 

year  the  assessor  shall  return  to  the  county  clerk  all  the  poll 
tax  receipts  received  by  him  and  not  used,  together  with  the 
stubs  of  receipts  used,  and  shall  make  final  settlement  with  the 
county  clerk  and  treasurer  therefor.  The  county  clerk  shall, 
as  soon  as  settlement  is  made,  return  to  the  treasurer  the  re- 
ceipts not  used,  together  with  the  stubs  of  receipts  used. 
The  treasurer  shall  credit  the  county  clerk  with  the  receipts 
so  returned,  and  shall  thereupon  seal  them  up,  together  with 
the  stubs  of  receipts  used,  securely  and  deposit  them  in  his 
office. 

Roll  of  Names — School  Fund. 

Sec.  8.  The  assessor  shall  keep  a  roll  of  names  and  local 
residence,  or  place  of  business,  of  all  persons  subject  to  or  liable 
for  poll  tax,  and  if  paid,  date  and  amount  of  each  payment, 
and  if  not  paid,  the  cause  of  non-payment.  The  proceeds  of  the 
poll  tax  shall  be  paid  to  the  county  treasurer,  as  provided  by 
law,  for  the  exclusive  use  of  the  school  fund  in  the  district  in 
which  said  poll  tax  is  collected. 

Sec.  9.  All  Acts  or  parts  of  Acts  inconsistent  or-  in  con- 
flict with  the  provisions  of  this  Act  are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  10.  This  Act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  the  date  of  its  passage. 

Approved  February  15,  1915. 


CHAPTER  34. 
GIFTS  FOR  EDUCATIONAL  PURPOSES. 

Charitable  Trust,  Exempt  from  Taxation. 

Sec.  1.  That  all  property  devised,  bequeathed  or  given 
for  non-sectarian,  public  educational  purposes  in  this  state,  or 
for  the  purpose  of  non-sectarian,  public  education  of  the  youths 
of  this  state  shall  be  considered  as  charitable  trusts,  and  the 
said  property,  so  long  as  the  same  is  not  diverted  from  the 
purposes  herein  expressed,  shall  be  exempt  from  taxation  in- 
cluding inheritance  taxation. 

May  Incorporate. 

Sec.  2.  The  executors,  trustees  or  persons  receiving  such 
devise,  gifts  or  legacies  may  organize  and  form  a  corporation 
under  the  provisions  of  and  to  be  governed  by,  as  near  as  may 
be,  Chapter  280  of  the  Wyoming  Compiled  Statutes  of  1910, 
and  the  provisions  of  this  act.  The  purposes  and  powers  of 
such  corporation  may  include  either  or  all  of  those  mentioned 
in  subdivision  fourth,  fifth  and  sixth  of  Section  4212  of  said 


110  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

Chapter  280  of  the  Wyoming  Compiled  Statutes  of  1910,  and 
the  further  purposes,  if  desired,  to  establish  and  maintain  a 
school  or  schools  of  technology  or  other  similar  institutions, 
and  advance,  in  such  manner  as  may  be  found  advisable,  the 
education  of  the  youths  of  this  state.  An  amendment  to  the 
certificate  of  incorporation  may  be  made  from  time  to  time 
by  the  trustees  or  board  of  directors,  changing  the  number  of 
trustees  (to  be,  however,  not  less  than  three),  or  by  adding 
thereto  such  of  the  powers  and  purposes  above  enumerated  as 
have  not  heretofore  been  included ;  such  amendment  shall  be 
executed  in  duplicate,  shall  be  duly  acknowledged  by  the 
president  and  secretary  of  such  corporation,  and  shall  be  filed 
in  the  same  manner  as  is  required  in  the  case  of  the  original 
certificate. 

Powers  of  Executors,  Trustees  and  Corporations. 

Sec.  3.  Such  executors,  trustees  or  persons  receiving  such 
devises,  gifts  or  legacies,  and  the  corporations  formed  as  above 
mentioned,  shall  have  the  power  to  receive  gifts  and  donations 
of  real  and  personal  property  in  any  amount  and  value ;  to  sell 
all  real  and  personal  property  coming  in  their  hands  and  to  re- 
invest the  same  in  and  hold  other  property ;  to  make  a  gift  to  or 
loan  to  such  persons,  deemed  proper  by  the  said  board  of 
trustees,  of  an  amount  or  amounts  of  money,  for  the  purpose 
of  educating  such  persons  either  in  the  schools  of  this  or  any 
other  state  or  county,  and  generally  to  do  all  other  things 
not  inconsistent  herewith,  or  writh  the  terms  of  the  original 
devise,  bequest  or  gift,  so  as  to  advance  the  general  education 
of  the  youths  of  this  state. 

Sec.  4.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  passage. 

Approved  February  15,  1915. 


CHAPTER  35. 
RIGHTS  OF  WAY  ACROSS  STATE  AND  SCHOOL  LANDS. 

Sec.  1.  That  Section  649  of  the  Wyoming  Compiled  Stat- 
utes, 1910,  be  amended  and  re-enacted  to  read  as  follows: 

"Sec.  649.  That  the  State  Board  of  Land  Commissioners 
and  State  Board  of  School  Land  Commissioners  may,  at  their 
discretion,  grant  permanent  rights  of  way  or  easements  across 
or  upon  any  portion  of  State  or  School  Lands,  upon  such  terms 
as  the  Board  may  determine,  for  any  ditch,  reservoir,  railroad, 
public  highway,  telegraph  and  telephone  lines,  or  other  public 
conveyances. ' ' 


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Sec.  2.     This  Act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  passage. 

Approved  February  15,  1915. 


CHAPTER  38. 
LEASING  STATE  AND  SCHOOL  LANDS. 

Sec.  1.  That  Section  615,  Wyoming  Compiled  Statutes, 
1910,  be  amended  and  re-enacted  to  read  as  follows: 

"Sec.  615.  Manner  of  Leasing  State  Lands.  The  State 
Board  of  Land  Commissioners  and  also  the  State  Board  of 
School  Land  Commissioners  shall  severally  lease  all  state  and 
school  lands  belonging  to  the  state  in  such  manner  and  to  such 
parties  as  shall  inure  to  the  greatest  benefit  and  secure  the 
greatest  revenue  to  the  state.  Preference  shall  in  all  cases  be 
given  to  applications  for  leases  of  either  state  or  school  lands 
to  persons  who  are  resident  citizens  and  taxpayers  of  the  state, 
and  applications  made  by  citizens  of  the  state  who  hold  title 
to  lands  upon  which  they  reside  nearest  to  any  state  or  school 
lands  applied  for  shall  be  given  a  preference  right  over  all 
other  applicants  to  lease  the  same  at  such  rental  as  the  Board 
shall  deem  equitable  and  just;  provided,  that  such  preference 
right  shall  not  be  given  as  against  the  application  of  the  old 
lessee  who  has  made  valuable  improvements  upon  the  lands 
applied  for  or  on  lands  in  the  vicinity  thereof,  if  the  Board 
shall  find  that  such  preference  right  will  work  extreme  financial 
hardship  upon  such  old  lessee,  and  such  preference  to  resident 
title-holders  shall  extend  to  an  area  of  lands  equal  to  twice 
the  area  of  lands  to  which  such  resident  citizen  holds  title, 
not,  however,  to  exceed  six  hundred  and  forty  acres  of  school 
or.  educational  institutions  lands,  or  a  total  of  two  thousand 
five  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  state  and  school  lands. 

Where  two  or  more  applicants  claim  preference  by  reason 
of  holding  title  to  lands  nearest  to  lands  applied  for,  the 
Boards  shall  grant  leases  upon  a  basis  as  nearly  equitable  as 
possible.  Applicants  claiming  the  preference  right  accorded 
by  this  section  must  set  forth  such  claims  at  the  time  of  making 
their  applications,  or  subsequent  thereto,  and  prior  to  the  ex- 
piration of  any  prior  lease  on  the  lands  covered  by  such  appli- 
cation. ' ' 

Sec.  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  ai^i  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  passage. 

Approved  February  19,  1915. 


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CHAPTER  42. 
TAX  FOR  UNIVERSITY  BUILDINGS. 

Levy — Expenditure. 

Sec.  1.  In  order  that  the  University  of  Wyoming  may  be 
kept  in  a  condition  of  full  efficiency  as  required  by  the  terms 
of  Section  Sixteen  of  Article  Seven  of  the  Constitution  of  the 
State  of  Wyoming,  there  shall  be  assessed  upon  all  taxable 
property  in  the  state  in  each  year  a  tax  of  one-eighth  of  a  mill, 
in  addition  to  other  levies  or  appropriations  now  authorized 
or  to  be  authorized  by  law,  upon  each  and  every  dollar  of  the 
assessed  valuation  of  such  property,  which  tax  shall  be  levied, 
collected,  and  paid  to  the  state  treasurer  in  the  manner  pro- 
vided by  law  for  the  levy,  collection  and  payment  of  other  state 
taxes.  Said  tax,  when  so  paid  to  the  state  treasurer,  shall  be 
paid  to  the  treasurer  of  the  said  board  of  trustees  upon  the 
warrant  of  the  state  auditor,  to  be  issued  upon  request  of  said 
board  of  trustees.  The  proceeds  of  said  tax  shall  be  ap- 
propriated and  expended  by  the  said  board  of  trustees  for 
such  permanent  buildings  and  improvements  as  the  said  board 
in  its  discretion  may  deem  necessary.  Provided,  however,  that 
any  revenue  thus  collected  which  shall  be  in  excess  of  the 
amount  required  to  meet  the  expenses  of  buildings  and  im- 
provements in  any  given  year,  may  be  expended  by  said  board 
for  the  maintenance  of  extension  work  in  departments  other 
than  agriculture  and  home  economics. 

Sec.  2.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  with  this  act 
are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  passage. 

Approved  February  20,  1915. 


CHAPTER  52. 

EXEMPTION  OF  CERTAIN  STATE  AND  SCHOOL  LANDS 
FROM  TAXATION. 

Lands  Sold  on  Contract. 

Sec.  1.  All  state  and  school  lands  within  the  state  of 
Wyoming  sold  on  contract  by  said  state  under  the  provisions 
of  Chapter  53,  Wyoming  Compiled  Statutes,  1910,  together  with 
the  equity  and  possessory  right  of  the  purchaser,  shall  be 
exempt  from  taxation  until  the  right  to  a  deed  shall  have  be- 
come absolute. 


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Sec.  2.     This  act  shall  be  in  force  from  and  after  its  pas- 
sage. 

Approved  February  23,  1915. 


CHAPTER  61. 
LEGALIZING  CERTAIN  SCHOOL  BONDS. 

Whereas,  School  District  No.  1,  in  the  County  of  Uinta  and 
State  of  Wyoming,  held  an  election  in  the  court  room  of  the 
Uinta  County  Court  House  at  Evanston  within  said  District  on 
Monday,  the  4th  day  of  May,  1914,  on  the  proposition  of  issu- 
ing Twenty-five  Thousand  ($25,000.00)  Dollars  of  the  bonds 
of  said  School  District  for  the  purpose  of  building  a  high  school 
building;  and, 

Whereas,  at  said  election  a  majority  of  the  voters  voted 
in  favor  of  the  issuance  of  said  bonds;  and, 

Whereas,  the  said  bonds  were  then  advertised  and  sold  to 
the  State  of  Wyoming  and  the  moneys  received  for  the  said 
bonds  have  been  used  in  the  erection  of  the  proposed  building, 
which  has  been  accepted  by  the  said.  School  District;  and, 

Whereas,  it  is  claimed  that  certain  irregularities  occurred 
in  relation  to  some  of  the  proceedings  in  issuing  said  bonds; 
now,  therefore : 

Be  It  Enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Wyoming. 

Sec.  1.  That  the  said  proceedings  and  the  said  bonds  be, 
and  they  are  hereby  legalized  and  rendered  valid  and  effective, 
and  the  said  bonds  are  made  valid,  legal  and  binding  in  all  the 
respects,  as  if  each  and  every  proceeding  in  the  issuance  of  the 
said  bonds  had  been  in  all  respects  due  and  regular  and  in 
conformity  with  the  statutes  governing  the  issue  of  such  bonds. 

Sec.  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  passage. 

Approved  February  24,  1915. 


CHAPTER  77. 
EMPLOYMENT  OF  CHILDREN. 

Employment  Prohibited, 

Sec.  1.  That  no  child  under  eighteen  (18)  years  of  age 
shall  be  employed  or  permitted  to  work  in  any  brewery,  dis- 
tillery, saloon,  concert  hall  or  other  establishment  where  malt 
or  alcoholic  liquors  are  manufactured,  packed,  wrapped,  bot- 
tled or  sold;  no  child  under  fourteen  (14)  years  of  age  em- 


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ployed  in  the  public  messenger  service,  shall  be  required  to 
deliver  any  message,  package  or  any  other  thing  whatsoever 
to  any  brewery,  distillery,  saloon,  concert  hall,  or  other  estab- 
lishment where  malt  or  alcoholic  liquors  are  manufactured, 
packed,  wrapped,  bottled  or  sold,  or  to  any  premises  used  for 
immoral  purposes. 

Improper  Exhibitions — Dangerous  Occupations. 

Sec.  2.  That  [is]  [it]  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person 
having  the  care,  custody  or  control,  of  any  child  under  the  age 
of  sixteen  (16)  years  to  exhibit,  use  or  employ  such  child  as  an 
actor  or  performer  in  any  concert  hall  or  room  where  intoxicat- 
ing liquors  are  sold  or  given  away,  or  for  any  illegal,  obscene, 
indecent  or  immoral  purposes,  exhibition  or  practice  whatso- 
ever, or  for  any  business  or  in  any  place,  situation,  or  exhibi- 
tion, or  vocation  injurious  to  the  morals  or  health,  or  dan- 
gerous to  the  life  or  limb  of  such  child,  or  cause,  procure  or 
encourage  such  child  to  engage  therein ;  nothing  in  this  section 
contained  shall  apply  to  or  affect  the  employment  or  use  of  any 
such  child  as  a  singer  or  musician  in  any  church,  school  or 
academy,  or  the  teaching  or  learning  the  science  or  practice 
of  music,  or  in  the  physical  development  of  its  body  in  any  re- 
spectable gymnasium  or  natatorium ;  nor  shall  anything  in  this 
section  be  construed  to  prevent  children  taking  part  in  what 
are  known  as  amateur  entertainments  or  theatricals  for  charity, 
or  not  for  profit,  in  schools,  churches,  settlement  houses,  or 
boys'  or  girls'  clubs. 

Mines,  Smelters  and  Machine  Shops. 

Sec.  3.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm  or 
corporation,  to  take,  receive,  hire  or  employ  any  child  or  chil- 
dren under  fourteen  (14)  years  of  age,  in  any  underground 
works,  or  mine,  in  or  about  the  surface  workings  thereof,  or  to 
any  smelter,  coke  oven,  or  to  adjust  any  belt  to  any  machinery, 
or  to  operate,  or  assist  in  operating,  circular  or  band  saws, 
wood  shapers,  wood  joiners,  planers,  sand  paper  or  wood 
polishing  machinery,  emery  or  polishing  wheels  used  for  polish- 
ing metal,  wood  turning  or  boring  machinery,  stamping  ma- 
chines in  sheet  metal  and  tin  ware  manufacturing,  stamping 
machines  in  washer  and  nut  factories;  nor  shall  they  be  em- 
ployed in  operating  any  passenger  or  freight  elevators,  steam 
boiler,  steam  machinery,  or  other  steam  generating  apparatus, 
or  automobiles,  wire  or  iron  straightening  machinery;  nor 
shall  they  operate,  or  assist  in  operating,  rolling  mill  machinery, 
punchers,  or  shears,  nor  shall  they  operate,  or  assist  in  operat- 
ing laundry  machinery,  nor  shall  they  be  employed  in  any 
capacity  in  preparing  any  composition  in  which  dangerous 


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or  poisonous  acids  are  used,  and  they  shall  not  be  employed 
in  any  capacity  in  the  manufacture  of  paints,  colors,  or  white 
lead;  nor  shall  they  be  employed  in  any  capacity  whatever 
in  the  manufacture  of  goods  for  immoral  purposes. 

Nine  Hour  Day. 

Sec.  4.  That  no  person  under  the  age  of  fourteen  (14) 
years  shall  be  employed,  or  suffered,  or  permitted,  to  work  at 
any  gainful  occupation,  except  farm  work  or  domestic  service, 
more  than  fifty-six  (56)  hours  in  any  one  week,  or  more  than 
nine  (9)  hours  in  any  one  day. 

Seats  for  Girls. 

Sec.  5.  That  110  female  under  eighteen  (18)  years  of  age 
shall  be  employed,  permitted,  or  suffered  to  work  in  any 
capacity  where  such  employment  compels  her  to  remain  stand- 
ing constantly.  Every  person  who  shall  employ  any  female 
under  eighteen  (18)  years  of  age,  shall  provide  suitable  seats, 
chairs,  or  benches,  for  the  use  of  the  females  so  employed,  which 
shall  be  so  placed  as  to  be  accessible  to  such  employees,  and 
shall  permit  the  use  of  such  seats,  chairs,  or  benches,  by  them 
in  so  far  as  the  nature  of  their  work  allows,  and  there  shall 
be  provided  at  least  one  seat  to  every  three  (3)  female  em- 
ployees. 

Penalty. 

Sec.  6.  That  any  person,  firm  or  corporation,  employing 
any  child  in  violation  of  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  or  per- 
mitting, or  conniving  at  such  violation,  shall  be  deemed  guilty 
of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  fined 
not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  ($25.00)  nor  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars  ($100.00)  or  imprisoned  in  the  county  jail  not 
less  than  thirty  (30)  days  nor  more  than  ninety  (90)  days,  or 
by  both  such  punishments,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Court.  • 

Sec.  7.  That  all  Acts  and  parts  of  Acts  in  conflict  with 
this  Act  are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  8.  This  Act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  passage. 

Approved  February  24,  1915. 


CHAPTER  127. 
PHYSICAL  EXAMINATION  OF  SCHOOL  PUPILS. 

Teacher  to  Make  Examinations. 

Sec.  1.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  teacher  engaged  in 
teaching  in  the  public  schools  of  incorporated  cities  and  towns 


116  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

of  the  State  separately  and  carefully  to  test  and  examine  every 
child  under  his  or  her  jurisdiction  to  ascertain  if  such  child  is 
suffering  from  defective  sight  or  hearing  or  diseases  of  nose  or 
throat.  Provided,  that  such  examination  shall  be  made  by 
observation  by  the  teachers,  without  using  drugs  or  instru- 
ments and  without  coming  in  physical  contact  with  said  child. 

Charts — Questions — Report. 

Sec.  2.  In  making  the  tests  required  by  Section  1  of  this 
Act  the  teacher  shall  employ  eye  testing  charts  of  a  standard 
character  approved  and  supplied  by  the  State  Superintendent 
of  Public  Instruction  and  shall  conform  to  the  rules  of  the 
State  Superintendent  in  methods  of  applying  such  tests,  especial 
attention  being  given  to  defects  that  may  be  disclosed  by  the 
following  questions: 

1.  Does  the  pupil  habitually  suffer  from  inflamed  lids  or 
eyes? 

2.  Does  the  pupil  fail  to  read  a  majority  of  the  letters 
in  the  number  20  line  of  the  standard  vision  chart  with  either 
eye? 

3.  Do   the   eyes   and  head  habitually   grow   weary   and 
painful  after  study? 

4.  Does  the  pupil  appear  to  be  "cross-eyed?" 

5.  Does  the  pupil  complain  of  ear-ache  in  either  ear? 

6.  Does  matter  (pus)  or  a  foul  odor  proceed  from  either 
ear? 

7.  Does  the  pupil  fail  to  hear  an  ordinary  voice  at  twenty 
feet  in  a  quiet  room? 

8.  Is  the  pupil  frequently  subject  to  "colds  in  the  head" 
and  discharge  from  the  nose  and  throat? 

9.  Is  the  pupil  an  habitual  "mouth  breather?" 

If  an  affirmative  answer  is  found  to  any  of  these  questions 
the  teacher  shall  give  such  pupil  a  report  to  his  parent  or 
guardian  made  on  a  report  blank  prepared  and  furnished  by 
the  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,  such  report  to 
be  made  in  form  prescribed  by  the  State  Superintendent. 

It  shall  be  the  further  duty  of  the  teacher  to  record  the 
results  of  the  examinations  required  by  Section  1  of  this  Act 
in  such  manner  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  State  Superin- 
tendent of  Public  Instruction. 

Duty  of  State  Superintendent. 

Sec.  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  State  Superintendent 
of  Public  Instruction  to  prescribe  rules  for  making  such  tests 
as  are  required  by  this  Act  and  to  prepare  copies  thereof,  to- 
gether with  all  blanks,  charts  and  printed  forms  deemed  neces- 
sary by  the  State  Superintendent  for  carrying  into  effect  the 


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provisions  of  this  Act,  and  to  distribute  them  to  all  the  public 
school  teachers  in  incorporated  cities  and  towns  of  the  State, 
such  distribution  to  be  made  through  the  district  boards  or,  if 
there  be  such,  through  the  executive  officers  thereof,  the  ex- 
penses of  such  printing  and  distribution  to  be  borne  out  of  the 
State  Superintendent's  contingent;  Provided,  that  the  annual 
expense  for  such  purpose  shall  not  exceed  one  hundred  and 
fifty  dollars. 

When  Tests  Are  to  Be  Made. 

Sec.  4.  During  the  first  month  of  each  school  year,  after 
the  opening  of  school,  teachers  must  make  the  tests  required  of 
this  Act  upon  the  children  then  in  attendance  at  school;  and 
thereafter,  as  children  enter  school  during  the  year,  such  tests 
must  be  made  immediately  upon  their  entrance. 
Boards  of  Trustees  to  Enforce  This  Act. 

Sec.  5.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Boards  of  Trustees  of 
the  several  school  districts  of  the  State  to  enforce  the  provisions 
of  this  Act. 

Sec.  6.  This  Act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  July  1,  1915. 

Approved  March  2,  1915. 


CHAPTER  156. 
SALARIES  OF  COUNTY  SUPERINTENDENTS. 

Sec.  1.  Section  1297  of  the  Wyoming  Compiled  Statutes, 
1910,  is  hereby  amended  and  re-enacted  to  read  as  follows : 

Sec.  1297.  County  Superintendents  of  Schools  shall  re- 
ceive the  following  anual  salaries:  In  counties  having  an  as- 
sessed valuation  of  more  than  five  million  dollars,  one  thousand 
dollars;  in  counties  having  an  assessed  valuation  of  less  than 
five  million  dollars,  and  counties  having  an  assessed  valuation 
of  less  than  two  million  dollars,  five  hundred  dollars.  Together 
with  their  actual,  and  necessary  traveling  expenses,  while  en- 
gaged in  the  discharge  of  their  actual  duties,  the  amount  for 
which  expenses,  before  being  allowed,  shall  be  stated  in  sep- 
arate items,  accompanied  by  vouchers,  or  receipts  for  all  items 
amounting  to  five  dollars  or  more,  and  otherwise  made  conform- 
able to  the  law. 

Approved  March  5,  1915. 


118  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

CHAPTER  158. 
FUNDS  FOR  MAINTENANCE  OF  HIGH  SCHOOLS. 

Tax  Limit. 

Sec.  1.  That  should  any  school  district  determine  to  con- 
duct a  four  year  High  School,  with  a  course  of  study  sufficient 
to  prepare  its  pupils  for  admission  to  the  State  University, 
the  said  District  shall  then  possess  and  have  added  to  its  pres- 
ent taxing  powers,  the  taxing  powers  of  a  High  School  District 
under  the  present  High  School  District  Law,  to-wit :  Not  to 
exceed  two  mills  on  the  dollar  on  all  taxable  property  in  the 
school  district  for  teachers  wages  and  contingent  expenses  and 
in  case  of  building,  not  to  exceed  in  all  ten  mills  on  the  dollar 
on  all  taxable  property  within  the  district. 

Elimination  of  District  from  High  School  District. 

Sec.  2.  The  vote  to  determine  whether  or  not  any  school 
district  may  be  eliminated  from  any  high  school  district  at 
present  organized  and  that  the  said  school  district  will  main- 
tain such  a  school  shall  be  by  ballot  and  at  the  annual  meeting 
or  special  meeting  called  for  that  purpose.  The  form  of  the 
ballot  shall  be,  "For  a  Pour  Year  High  School"  and  "Against 
a  Four  Year  High  School."  Fifty-one  per  cent  of  the  electors 
present  of  each  and  every  school  district  comprising  said  High 
School  district  and  voting  for  the  High  School  shall  be  sufficient 
authority  for  the  elimination  of  said  district  from  said  High 
School  district  and  for  the  voting  and  levying  of  the  additional 
funds  above  mentioned  for  High  School  purposes. 

Taxing  Power  Continues. 

Sec.  3.  After  the  establishment  of  such  a  High  School  the 
power  shall  remain  with  the  district  to  provide  annually  for 
its  maintenance  so  long  as  it  shall  maintain  a  four  year  High 
School  of  the  above  standard. 

Sec.  4.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  passage. 

Approved  March  5,  1915. 


CHAPTER  161. 
STATE  TEACHERS'  INSTITUTE. 

Held  Annually — Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

Sec.  1.  To  promote  uniformity  in  the  methods  of  teaching 
throughout  the  state  and  greater  efficiency  in  the  public  schools, 
through  lectures,  discussion,  demonstration,  and  other  means 


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within  the  scope  of  institute  work,  the  State  Superintendent  of 
Public  Instruction  shall  hold  and  conduct  annually  a  State 
Teachers '  Institute  at  a  time  and  place  to  be  determined  by  said 
Superintendent.  Said  Institute  may  be  held  at  the  same  time 
and  place  as  the  annual  meeting  of  the  State  Teachers'  Asso- 
ciation and  concurrently  therewith,  in  case  the  said  association 
does  not  require  as  a  condition  of  membership  the  payment  of 
a  fee  or  dues  by  a  teacher  who  has  paid  the  annual  certificate 
registration  fee  as  hereinafter  provided.  The  State  Superin- 
tendent shall  appoint  a  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  State 
Teachers '  Institute,  and  shall  have  authority  to  fill  any  vacancy 
occurring  in  either  of  those  offices,  and  determine  the  amount 
of  compensation,  if  any,  to  be  paid  said  officers  respectively; 
provided,  that  such  compensation  shall  be  paid  only  out  of  the 
funds  provided  by  this  act  for  defraying  the  expenses  of  hold- 
ing and  conducting  the  State  Institute.  The  Secretary  and 
Treasurer  so  appointed  shall  hold  office  at  the  pleasure  of  the 
Superintendent,  and  the  Treasurer  shall  be  required  to  give 
a  bond  in  a  sum  not  less  than  one  thousand  dollars  for  the 
faithful  performance  of  his  duties  and  the  faithful  accounting 
for  any  money  which  shall  come  into  his  hands  as  such  officer, 
to  be  approved  by  the  Superintendent;  the  fee  or  charge  for 
said  bond  to  be  paid  out  of  the  funds  made  by  this  act  available 
for  defraying  the  expenses  of  said  Institute. 

Certificate  Registration  Fee. 

Sec.  2.  At  the  time  of  the  first  registration  of  a  teacher's 
certificate  of  any  class  in  the  office  of  the  county  superintendent 
of  schools  of  any  county,  as  required  by  Section  2022  of  the 
Compiled  Statutes,  1910,  the  teacher  named  in  said  certificate 
shall  pay  to  the  county  superintendent  as  a  registration  fee  the 
sum  of  one  dollar,  and  thereafter  in  each  school  year  a  like 
fee  of  one  dollar,  to  be  known  as  the  annual  registration  fee, 
shall  be  paid  by  each  holder  of  a  teacher's  certificate  of  any 
class,  who  is  engaged  in  teaching  in  any  of  the  public  schools 
in  the  state,  to  the  county  superintendent  of  the  county  wherein 
the  holder  of  such  certificate  is  so  engaged;  provided,  that  in 
ease  any  such  certificate  shall  be  registered  in  more  than  one 
county  during  the  same  school  year  only  one  fee  shall  be  paid 
therefor,  the  same  to  be  collected  by  the  superintendent  with 
whom  the  certificate  is  first  registered  during  that  year.  The 
registration  fees  herein  provided  for  shall  be  transmitted  by 
each  county  superintendent  of  schools  to  the  treasurer  of  the 
State  Teachers'  Institute,  with  a  statement  showing  the  names 
of  the  several  teachers  paying  the  same,  and  thereupon  the  said 
treasurer  shall  issue  a  receipt  for  the  amount  to  the  county 


120  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

superintendent.  A  duplicate  of  the  statement  sent  to  the  treas- 
urer shall  at  the  same  time  be  transmitted  by  the  county  su- 
perintendent to  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 
The  form  of  the  report  transmitting  such  fees  and  the  receipt 
therefor  shall  be  prepared  and  furnished  by  the  State  Superin- 
tendent of  Public  Instruction.  The  fees  thus  collected  shall 
constitute  a  fund  in  the  hands  of  the  treasurer  of  the  institute 
for  the  payment  of  the  expenses  of  holding  and  conducting  the 
said  State  Teachers'  Institute,  and  the  same  shall  be  paid  out 
by  the  Institute  Treasurer  upon  the  order  of  the  Superintend- 
ent of  Public  Instruction,  attested  by  the  Institute  Secretary. 
The  term  "school  year"  as  used  in  this  section  shall  be  under- 
stood and  construed  to  mean  the  period  beginning  the  first 
day  of  September  and  ending  the  thirty-first  day  of  August  of 
the  following  calendar  year. 

Sec.  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  passage. 

Approved  March  6,  1915. 


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INDEX 

Sec.          Page 
APPROPRIATIONS — 

Certification    Division    40            12 

Co-operative  Agricultural  Extension  Work 2          105 

Federal  Vocational  Education  Act 4            15 

Salaries — 

Chief  of  Certification  Division 40            12 

Commissioner  of  Education .  40            12 

State  Board  of  Education 40            12 

Uniforms  for  School  Cadets 67            21 

ATTORNEY  GENERAL— 

Investigate   Violations  of  Contracts  for   Purchasing   Text 

Books 2010            56 

Shall  Enter  Suit  for  Recovery  of  Public  Money  on  Bonds.  2497            96 

BOARD  OF  HEALTH 102 

Vaccination    . 2940          102 

BOARDS  OF  TRUSTEES— 

School  District  Boards   (See  School  Districts) 

University  of  Wyoming 413            22 

CADETS — 

Uniforms — Appropriation  for 67            21 

CENSUS  OF  SCHOOL  CHILDREN— 

Annual 11              6 

Forms  for 11              6 

CERTIFICATES — 

Application   for 35            11 

Classes  of 36            12 

Commissioner  of  Education  Shall  Issue 21              8 

Fee 35            11 

Methods  of  Obtaining 34            11 

Necessary  for  Compensation 2020            58 

Normal  Training  Department 2            13 

Registered  in  County 37            12 

Revoked 38            12 

CERTIFICATION  DIVISION— 

Agents 24               8 


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Appropriation    40  12 

Chief  of 24  8 

33  11 

Duties  of : 34  11 

Salary 39  12 

Shall  Conduct  Teachers'  Employment  Bureau 24  8 

CERTIFICATION   OF  TEACHERS 21  8 

Examinations 34-35  11 

Commissioner  of  Education  Shall  Arrange 21  8 

County  Superintendent  Shall  Co-operate  in  Adminis- 

ering    34  11 

Rules  for 10  6 

CITY  SUPERINTENDENTS— 

Report   Failures   of   Boards   of  Trustees   to   Make   Proper 

Provisions    3  31 

COMMISSIONER  OF  EDUCATION— 

Appointed  by  Board 25  4 

Certificates,  Shall  Issue 21  8 

Course  of  Study,  Shall  Prepare 23  8 

Duties    18-19  7 

32  10 

Examinations,  Shall  Arrange  for 21  8 

Executive  Officer  of  State  Board l  3 

Forms  and  Reports,  Shall  Have  Printed 26  9 

Institutes,  Shall  Arrange 20  8 

Laws,  Rules  and  Regulations,  Shall  Construe 22  8 

Oaths,   Shall  Administer 22  8 

Office,  Located  in  State  Capitol  Building 18  7 

Printed  Material,   Shall  Prepare 31  10 

Qualifications 17  7 

Reading  Courses,  Shall  Provide  and  Publish 27  9 

Report,   Annual 25  9 

Salary   of 39  12 

Appropriation  for 1 . 40  12 

School  Laws,  Shall  Have  Printed J___  26  9 

Teachers'  Bureau,  Shall  Maintain 28  9 

Text  Books,  Shall  Publish  List  of 29  10 

COMPULSORY  EDUCATION 1956  43 

CO-OPERATIVE  AGRICULTURAL  EXTENSION  WORK__  104 

Act  of  Congress  Accepted l  104 

Agreement  with  Agricultural  College 3  105 

Agricultural   Experts 5  106 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING  123 

Sec.  Page 

Appropriation    2  105 

Authority  of  University  Trustees 1  104 

Districts 4  105 

Funds  for  County  Work 3  105 

Money  from  Other  Sources 6  106 

COUNSEL,  EMPLOYMENT  OF 1969  46 

COUNTY  LIBRARIES— 

Board  of  Directors 1318  33 

Appointment  and  Duties 1318  33 

Further  Duties 1321  34 

Donations 1319  33 

Librarian    1319  33 

Location 1319  33 

Tax- 
Amount  to  Be  Levied 13 16  32 

How  Levied  and  Collected 1317  32 

To  Be  Free 1320  34 

Use  of  Books 1321  34 

COURSE  OF  STUDY— 

Commissioner  of  Education  Shall  Prepare 23  8 

County  Superintendent  Shall  Cause  Subjects  to  Be  Taught         2  31 

High  Schools 2074  73 

Kindergartens 1998  54 

State  Board  of  Education  Shall  Prescribe 8  5 

COUNTY  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION— 

Apportionment,  Eligibility  to  Share  in  Annual 4  32 

Authority,  Supervisory  and  Appellate 1304  29 

Bond 1296  24 

Certification  Division,  Shall  Co-operate  with 34  11 

Deputies,  May  Appoint 1306  31 

Duties 1298  24 

Election  of — 

Ballots  3  19 

General  Election 5  20 

Fee 2  18 

Non-Partisan,  Shall  Be 1  18 

Petition  and  Affidavit ,_ 2  18 

Voters  Not  Required  to  Declare  Party  Affiliation 4  20 

Must  Hold  Teacher's  Certificate 1  23 

Must  Verify  and  Correct  Certificate  of  Number  of  Teachers 

of  Clerk  of  Board 2  26 

Notice  to  District  Clerk  of  Boundary  Board 3  28 


124  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

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Oath 1296  24 

Office  at  County  Seat i  25 

Prohibited  from  Teaching 1296  24 

Recommend  Dismissal  of  Incompetent  Teachers 1302  29 

Records 2  25 

Report,  Annual 1298  24 

Failure  to  Make — Penalty 1303  29 

Report  Enumeration  of  School  Children 1996  53 

Salary 1 1297  24 

Amended  by  Ch.  156 117 

Secretary  of  District  Boundary  Board 2  28 

Subjects  Described  in  Course  of  Study,  Shall  Cause  to  Be 

Taught 2  31 

Visits 1302  29 

COUNTY  TREASURER— 

Additional  Bond  of 2038  61 

Funds — 

Custodian  of  Funds  from  Sale  of  Refunding  Bonds 2047  63 

Custodian  of  Funds  from  Sale  of  School  District  Bonds  2037  61 

Shall  Pay  Municipal,  County  and  Library  Monthly i  18 

DISTRICT  BOUNDARY  BOARDS  (See  School  Districts)— 

ELECTIONS,   GENERAL 76 

County  Officers  to  Be  Elected 2091  76 

County  Supt.  (See  County  Supt.  of  Schools). 

General   Provisions   78 

Persons  Disqualified  from  Voting  or  Holding  Office 2275  79 

Qualifications  of  Office  Holders 2273  78 

Special  County  Elections 2110  78 

Special  Elections,  Who  May  Vote 2113  78 

State  Officers 2088  76 

Vacancies — 

How  Made 2277  79 

In  County  Office 2112  78 

In  State  Office 2087  76 

Who  May  Vote 2092  77 

Woman   Suffrage 2274  78 

ELEMENTARY  SCOOLS— 

Grading — State  Board  to  Provide  for 9  5 

Standardization    9  5 

EMPLOYMENT  OF  CHILDREN 113 

Employment  Prohibited 1  113 

Improper   Exhibitions   2  114 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING  125 

Sec.  Page 

Mines,  Smelters  and  Machine  Shops 114 

Nine' Hour  Day : 4  115. 

Penalty  for  Violations 6  115 

Seats  for  Girls . 5  115 

EMPLOYMENT  OF  TEACHERS 1955  43 

ENUMERATION  OF  SCHOOL  CHILDREN— 

Annual 1992  5l 

County  Superintendent  to  Compile  and  Report 1996  53 

Delinquent    Pupils 1958  44 

Employment  of  Enumerator 1993  52 

Failure  to  Enumerate — Penalty 1995  52 

False  Enumeration — Penalty 1994  52 

EXAMINATION  OF  TEACHERS  (See  Certification  of  Teachers)— 

EXEMPTION  OF  CERTAIN  STATE  AND  SCHOOL  LANDS 

FROM  TAXATION 112 

(See  also  Taxation  and  Revenue) 

FEDERAL  VOCATIONAL  EDUCATION  ACT— 

Acceptance  of . l  15 

Appropriation 4  15 

Funds,  State  Treasurer  Custodian  of 3  15 

State  Board  of  Education  to  Act  as  State  Board  for  Pur- 
poses of 2  15 

FINES— 

Collection  and  Disposition  of 1030  46 

Disposition   of 6116  104 

Payment  of  Fine  Commitment 6117  104 

FIRE  ESCAPES— 

Additional  Requirements,  City  or  Town  May  Make 18 

Buildings  to  Be  Equipped 1  16 

Description  of 1  16 

Doors  in  Buildings 2  16 

Exits — 

Means  of 2  16 

Obstructed 4  17 

Factories,  Offices,  Etc.,  to  Be  Equipped 3  17 

Penalty  for  Violations 6  17 

Schools,  Applicable  to 17 

Stairways '- 4  17 

FLAG  TO  BE  DISPLAYED  ON  SCHOOL  HOUSE__             _  1991  Si 


126  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

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FUNDS— 

Co-operative  Agricultural  Extension  Work 2  105 

Funds  for  County  Work 3  105 

County  Treasurer  Shall  Pay  Municipal  District  and  Library 

Monthly 1  18 

District  Boundary  Boards,  Funds  of  New 6  29 

Duties  of  County   Superintendents   and  Treasurer   When 

Remitting 1  27 

Funds  Not  Deposited 2505  99 

High  Schools,  Funds  for  Maintenance 118 

Investment  of  Permanent  Funds 2498  97 

Land  Income  Funds,  When  Available 2485  84 

Penitentiary,  Fund  Appropriated  for  Maintenance l  85 

Repeal  of  Funds 2  85 

School  Districts,  Funds  of  New . 6  29 

School  Funds 135  22 

Deposit  of 2499  96 

Distribution  of 1997  53 

Transfer  of 1938  39 

School  House 1988  Si 

Teachers' „ 1987  50 

GARNISHMENT,  PUBLIC  OFFICERS  SUBJECT  TO 4797  104 

GIFTS  FOR  EDUCATIONAL  PURPOSES— 

Executors  and  Trustees,  Powers  of 3  110 

May  Incorporate 2  109 

Powers  of  Corporation •  no 

Exempt  from  Taxation l  109 

High  Schools  May  Accept l  21 

HIGH  SCHOOLS— 

Admission    2075  73 

From  Other  Districts 2076  74 

To  State  University 2078  74 

Certificate  of  Graduation . 2078  74 

Courses  of  Study 2074  73 

Establishment  of 1953  42 

Faculty,  Employment  of 2072  73 

Funds  for  Maintenance  of ^ 118 

Government 2073  73 

Grading,  State  Board  to  Provide  for 9  5 

Location  of 2063  69 

Standardization    9 

Tuition    2075  73 

2079  74 


SCHOOL   LAWS  OF   WYOMING  127 

Sec.  Page 

HIGH  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS 2051  65 

Annexation,   How  Annexed 2080  74 

Election    2081  75 

Commissioners'  Action 2083  75 

Returns    2083  75 

Petition  for 2081  75 

Submission  of  Question 1 2082  75 

Body  Corporate 2052  65 

Bonds 2065  69 

Estimate  for  Maintenance  When  Issued 2068  72 

Payment  of - ^ 2067  71 

Submission  of  Bonding  Question  to  Electors 2066  70 

Buildings,  Trustees  Shall  Provide 2071  72 

Election    2054  66 

Canvass , . 2058  67 

Election  by  Ballot 2057  67 

Failure  of  Trustees  to  Open 2055  66 

Judges  of 2056  67 

Gifts,  May  Accept 1  21 

How   Formed 2053  66 

Tax  Levy 2065  69 

Collection  of 2069  71 

Trustees    2061  68 

Compensation,  Shall  Receive  No 2077  74 

Election  of — Time 2060  68 

Mileage  of 2077  74 

Officers 2064    •         69 

Powers   of 2064  69 

Quorum 2062  69 

Record  Proceedings 2070  72 

Reports    2077  74 

Shall  Provide  Building 2071  72 

Terms 2061  68 

When  Created 2059  67 

HIGH  SCHOOL  NORMAL  TRAINING  DEPARTMENTS  __  13 

Admission    1  13 

Certificates    2  13 

Equipment 14 

In  Accredited  High  Schools l  13 

Room 5  14 

Subjects  to  Be  Taught l  13 

Tax  Levy 4  14 

Teachers    .                           >-- -         3  14 


128  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

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HOLIDAYS 103 

Arbor  Day 3582  103 

Legal  Holidays 3581  103 

HUMANE  TREATMENT  OF  ANIMALS  TAUGHT 1976  48 

INTEREST  AND  USURY 102 

Interest  on  Public  Warrants 3365  103 

Rate  Not  Effected,   When 3364  102 

INVESTIGATIONS— 

State  Board  Shall  Condact _- 13  6 

Violations  of  Contracts  for   Purchasing  Text  Books,   At- 
torney General  Shall  Investigate 2010  56 

KINDERGARTENS 54 

Apportionment 2000  54 

How  Carried  Into  Effect 2001  54 

Power  of  Trustees  to  Establish 1998  54 

Shall  Be  Part  of  School  System 1999  54 

Teachers   1999  54 

LEASING  OF  STATE  AND  SCHOOL  LANDS 111 

LEGALIZING  CERTAIN  SCHOOL  BONDS 113 

MANUAL  TRAINING  SCHOOLS — 

School  Board  May  Establish                                                       1975  48 

MONEY,  DEPOSIT  OF  PUBLIC 91 

Bribes— Penalty 2508  100 

Collateral  Security 2491  94 

City,  County,  Town  and  School  District  Funds 2499  97 

>"    .  Depositories 2501  97 

Deposits  by  Treasurers 2500  97 

Funds  Not  Deposited 2505  99 

Interest   2501  97 

How  Computed 2502  98 

Treasurers    Liability    2506  99 

Profit  Making  Prohibited 2507  100 

Security  Required 2503  98 

State  Board  of  Deposits 2487  91 

State  Funds — 

Deposits  by  State  Treasurer 2489  91 

Designation  of  Depositories ' 2488  91 

Funds  Not  Deposited 2495  96 

Interest  and  Security . 2490  92 

Interest  Rate  _                                                                   _  2492  94 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING  129 

Sec.  Page 

Daily  Balance  Computations 2493  95 

Investment  of  Permanent  Funds 2498  97 

Officers  Deposit  Monthly 2186  91 

Recovery  on  Bonds 2497  96 

Sale  of  Collateral 2496  96 

OFFICERS  FAILING  TO  PAY  OVER  MONEY,  PENALTY-  1971  47 

PHYSICAL  EXAMINATIONS  OF  SCHOOL  CHILDREN  ___  1 1 5 

Boards  of  Trustees  to  Enforce  Act 5  117 

Charts,   Questions 2  116 

Duty  of  State  Superintendent '. 3  116 

Report 2  116 

Teachers  to  Make l  n5 

When  Tests  Are  to  Be  Made 4  117 

POLL  TAXES  (See  Taxation  and  Revenue). 

PROTECTION  OF  BIRDS 100 

Birds  Not  Protected 2793  102 

Destruction   of   Eggs — Penalty 2789  101 

Scientific  Use  Permitted 2790  101 

Certificate,  Bond 2791  101 

Term  of  Certificate 2792  102 

Unlawful  to  Kill 2788  100 

PUBLIC  INDEBTEDNESS 1353  35 

PUBLISHERS,  CONTRACTS  AND  BONDS  OF 30  10 

REPORTS 26  9 

Board  of  Directors  Report  to  School  District 1947  41 

Commissioner  of  Education   May  Require  from   Superin- 
tendents and  Teachers  Annual  or  Otherwise 26  9 

District   Clerk 1984  49 

District    Treasurer    1986  52 

Instructions   Regarding _ : 26  9 

School  District  Trustees 2077  74 

RIGHTS  OF  WAY  ACROSS  STATE  SCHOOL  LANDS—  110 

SALARIES— 

Chief  of  Certification  Division 39  12 

Commissioner  of  Education 39  12 

County  Superintendent  of  Schools 1297  24 

Amended  by  Ch.   156 117 

SCHOOL  BONDS  (See  School  Districts). 


130  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

Sec.  Page 
SCHOOL  DISTRICTS— 

Board  of  Directors — 

Audit  and  Pay  Claims 1949  41 

Advertise  for  Bids,  When  to 1946  41 

Authority  to  Remove  Scholars 1945  40 

Director  Shall  Appear  in  Suits 1979  48 

Director  Shall  Preside  at  Meetings 1977  48 

Duties  of 1943  40 

Meeting  of 1942  40 

Members  May  Administer  Oaths 1944  4o 

Oath  of 1929  36 

Powers  of 1943  40 

Qualifications  of 1941  40 

Report  to  District  Meeting 1947  41 

Settlement  with  Treasurer 1947  41 

Vacancy,  How  Filled 1951  41 

Visiting    Committee    1948  41 

Board  of  Trustees — 

Election  of,  Annual 1930  36 

Election  of,  First 1928  36 

Election  of,  Where  Number  Changed  to  Six 1931  37 

Failure  to  Make  Proper  Provisions^ — 

City  Superintendets  and  Others  to  Report 3  31 

Power  to  Establish  Kindergartens 1998  54 

Shall  Constitute  Board  of  Directors 1928  36 

Shall    Employ    Enumerator 1997  52 

Shall  Enforce  Act  in  Regard  to  Physical  Examinations 

of. School  Pupils 5  117 

Body  Corporate,  To  Be 1933  37 

Bonds 59 

Additional  Bond  of  County  Treasurer 2038  61 

Application  of  Proceeds 2030  59 

Authority  to  Call  Election  to  Determine  Issue 2028  59 

County  Treasurer,  Custodian  of 2037  61 

Election 2029  59 

Issue  of 2029  59 

Legalizing  Certain  School  Bonds 113 

Misapplication   of  Funds,    Penalty  for 2036  61 

Payment  of  Interest 2034  60 

Pledge  for  Payment 203 1  60 

Preparation  of 2035  61 

Redemption 2033  60 

Sale  of 2030  59 

Tax  Levy  to  Redeem  and  Pay  Interest 2032  60 

Bonds,   Refunding 61 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING  131 

Sec.  Page 

By    Whom    Signed 2042  62 

Coupons,   When   Paid 2043  62 

Duty  of  County  Treasurer 2047  63 

Duty  of  Directors 2045  63 

Form  of,  Time  and  Interest 2042  62 

Funds  Realized  from  Sale  of 2048  64 

Balance  in  Hands  of  County  Treasurer 2049  64 

Surplus,  How  Used 2050  65 

Pledge  for  Payment 2046  63 

Power  of  Board  to  Issue 2039  61 

Registration  of 2041  %  62 

Tax  to  Pay  Interest  and  Principal 2044  63 

Boundary  Boards — 

Appeal   5  28 

Chairman 2  28 

Corporate  City  in  One  District 4  28 

Duties    1  27 

Funds  of  New  Districts 6  29 

Members    l  27 

Notice  to  District  Clerk  by  County  Superintendent 3  28 

Secretary 2  28 

Clerk- 
Duties  of 1980  to  1984  48 

Report,  Failure  to  Make l  50 

Shall  Certify  Number  of  Teachers l  25 

Shall  Furnish  Enumeration  Lists  to  Sheriff 1958  44 

Drafts  and  Orders,  How  Drawn 1978  48 

Electors,  Qualification  of 1940  40 

Elimination  of  High  School  Districts 2  118 

Taxing  Power  Continues 3  118 

Fines,  Collection  and  Disposition  of . 1970  46 

(See  Also  Fines.) 

Meetings — 

Clerk  Shall  Give  Notice  of 1983  49 

Manner  of  Conducting 1939  39 

May  Adopt  Rules  of  Order 1937  39 

Powers  of -—  1935  38 

Regular    — -  1934  38 

Special,  Board  of  Directors  Shall  Call 1—  1950  41 

New  District,  Notice  of  Formation 1926  35 

Funds  of 6  29 

Offenses  Defined — Penalty 1959  44 

Officers — 

District  Officers  and  Their  Duties 48 

Failing  to  Pay  Over  Money 1971  47 


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Sec.  Page 

Shall  Not  Be  Agents  for  School  Supplies 1961  45 

Organization  and  Government 35 

Seal    1932  37 

Transfer  of  School  Funds 1938  39 

Treasurer — 

Bond  of 1952  42 

Duties  of -  1986  So 

Render  Statement  on  Request 1990  Si 

Shall  Receive  District  Money 1988  St 

Truancy 1957  43 

District  Boards  May  Appoint  Truant  Officer 1957  43 

Duty  of  Officers 1957  43 

Voting  Money,  Object  to  Be  Designated 1936  39 

SCHOOL  LAND  BOARD 602 

SCHOOL  LAWS,  PRINTING  OF 26  9 

SCHOOL  OFFICERS  (See  Also  School  Districts). 

Shall  Not  Be  Agents  for  School  Supplies 1961  45 

SCHOOLS— SPECIAL 14  6 

SCHOOL  WEEK  AND  MONTH  DEFINED i960  45 

STATE  BOARD  OF  CHARITIES  AND  REFORM— 

Members    436 

Secretary  of 443 

STATE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION— 

Appropriation    40  12 

Biennial  Report 12  6 

Board  of  Examiners,  to  Assume  Duties  of 16 

Commissioner  of  Education  to  Be  Executive  Officer  _  l 

Course  of  Study,  Shall  Prescribe 8 

Designated  as  State  Board  for  Purposes  of  Federal  Voca-    . 

tional  Education  Act 2  15 

Investigate  Educational  Needs 13  6 

Meetings    4 

Members  — 

Appointments 

Of  Commissioner 

Expenses   

Qualifications 4 

Terms    4 

Policies,  Shall  Prescribe 

Supervision,  Shall  Have  General 

Vacancies,  Governor  to  Fill 4  4 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING  133 

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STATE  DEPARTMENT  OF  EDUCATION 3 

Supervision  and  Control  — 

County 2  3 

District 3  3 

General l  3 

STATE  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION— 

Distributor  of  School  Funds _^ 135  22 

Ex-officio  Member  of  State  Board  of  Education 4  4 

Prepare  for  Physical  Examination  of  School  Children 3  116 

Secretary  State  Board  of  Charities  and  Reform 443  23 

STATE  TREASURER— 

Authorized  to  Receive  Donations 1973  47 

Custodian  of  Funds  for  Federal  Vocational  Education  Act         3  15 

Custodian  of  School   Funds 1962  45 

Liability  for  School  Money 1974  48 

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TAX  FOR  UNIVERSITY  BUILDINGS 112 

TAXATION  AND  REVENUE 79 

Assessed  Valuation  Limit 3  86 

Bonded  Debt 10  90 

Bonds  Exempt 2323  81 

City  and  Town 1  86 

County  Commissioner  Limit 2  86 

County  Library  Taxes — 

Amount    1316  32 

How  Levied  and  Collected 1317  32 

Limit    8  89 

County  Levy,  Time  of  Making 2343  82 

Excess  Levy  Unlawful 11  90 

Duty  of  Assessor 11  90 

Form  of  Tax  List 2343  82 

Limitations   Upon   Amount 2320  79 

Method  of  Estimating 4  to  6  86 

Misdemeanor,  Officer  Violating  This  Act  Shall  Be  Guilty  of       12  90 

Poll  Taxes 106 

County  Assessor,  Duty  of 4  107 

May  Sieze  Property • 6  108 

Monthly  and  Final  Settlement  by 7  108 

County  Clerk,  Duty  of 3  107 

Employers  Liable 5  108 

Levy  and  Collection 1  106 

Receipts  Prepared  by  County  Treasurer 2  107 

Roll  of  Names  _                                                                          8  109 


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School  Funds 8  109 

Property  Exempt 2321  80 

2322  81 

Property  Subject  to 2324  81 

Purposes  for  Which  Levied 2320  79 

School  District  Limit 9  89 

School  Taxes 2401  83 

Apportionment  of 1299  26 

Assessments,  When  Made 2402  83 

County  School  Tax  Limit 7  26 

Equalization  of  Assessment  and  Levy  of  Taxes 2403  83 

Manner  of  Collecting 2404  84 

Normal  Training  Department,  Special  Levy 4  13 

Supplementary  Apportionment 1300  27 

To  Whom  Paid j. 2405  84 

University,  Tax  for  Buildings 112 

TEACHERS— 

Certificates  (See  also  Certification  Division) 21  8 

Discrimination   Account  of  Sex  or   Religious    Belief   Pro- 
hibited  1965  45 

Employment  of 1955  43 

Examinations   (See  also  Certification  Division) 21  8 

Examinations  in  Physiology  and  Hygiene 1966  46 

Kindergarten  Teachers 1999  54 

Normal  Training  Department  Teachers 3  14 

Payment  of 1955  43 

Refusal  to  Deliver  Records — Penalty 1968  46 

Reports  of 1967  46 

TEACHERS'  BUREAU — 

Chief  of  Certification  Division  Shall  Conduct 24  8 

Commissioner  of  Education  Shall  Maintain 28  9 

TEACHERS'  INSTITUTES— 

Commissioner  of  Education  Shall  Arrange 20  8 

County 1305  30 

Joint 2  31 

State 118 

Certificate  Registration  Fee 2  119 

Held  Annually 1  118 

Secretary  and  Treasurer l  118 

TEACHER  TRAINING   INSTITUTIONS    15  7 

TEXT  BOOKS — 

Attorney  General  Must  Investigate  Violations  of  Contracts  2010  56 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING  135 

Sec.  Page 

Free  Text  Books 2002  55 

From  What  Funds  Paid 2006  56 

How  Paid  for 2005  56 

Lists  of,  Commissioner  of  Education  Shall  Publish 29  10 

Orders 2006  56 

Paid  from  School  Land  Income  Fund 2003  55 

Property  of  District 2011  56 

Pupils  May  Purchase 2012  56 

TRUANCY   (See  School  Districts). 

UNIFORMS  FOR  SCHOOL  CADETS 67  21 

VACCINATION 2940.  102 

WOMAN  SUFFRAGE  ^                                                                _  2274  78 


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